Health officials in New York have linked a person’s illness there to an E. coli outbreak in Columbus, Ohio and Ann Arbor, Michigan, and are looking into at least 12 more possible cases.
All five confirmed Columbus cases have now been genetically linked to the outbreak in Michigan where seven cases have been confirmed with 14 probable. Eight other probable cases in Ohio are under evaluation. The Ohio Department of Agriculture is testing four food samples as is Michigan. Students at Ohio State University and the University of Michigan are among those sickened in the outbreak.
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