A salmonella outbreak across 29 states coming from interactions with backyard chickens and ducks was discovered by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
There are 109 cases of salmonella, with 33 requiring hospitalizations. According to the CDC, every infected person had contact with some sort of backyard poultry, so now the CDC is recommending that those in contact with them should wash their hands after dealing with them.
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