More Deaths Expected in Cantaloupe-Related Listeria Outbreak: CDC

Thursday, September 29, 2011 - 14:00 in Health & Medicine

The death toll from listeriosis infections linked to contaminated cantaloupes is expected to rise in the coming weeks, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced today.So far, the outbreak has sickened 72 people and killed at least 13, the CDC said. [More]

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