Listeria outbreak sweeps country

In September the CDC announced an outbreak from Listeria monocytogenes bacteria found in Jensen Farms' cantaloupes (pictured) grown in the Rocky Ford region of Colorado. Nearly 150 people across 28 states were sickened with listeriosis, an infection that primarily strikes older adults, pregnant women, or people with weakened immune systems. Thirty people died and one woman who was pregnant had a miscarriage. The outbreak was officially declared over on December 9th.

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