E. Coli Outbreak: I.M. Healthy SoyNut Butter May Have Sickened 12 In Five States
Government health officials are investigating an E. coli outbreak that has sickened 12 people, all but one of them younger than 18-years-old, across five states. According to reports, the cause of the outbreak may likely be a popular peanut butter alternative.
According to a report from the Huffington Post, six of the people sickened by the E. coli virus were hospitalized, and four are suffering from hemolytic uremic syndrome, a life-threatening form of kidney failure that affects approximately five to 10 percent of people infected by the virus. Eleven out of the 12 patients are younger than 18-years-old, and are located in Arizona, California, Maryland, New Jersey, and Oregon.
