Federal Health officials on Friday said at least 75 people across 13 states have been sickened by the recent and deadly E. coli outbreak linked to McDonald’s Quarter Pounder hamburgers.
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention confirmed one fatality linked to the outbreak, as had been previously reported. At least 22 people have been hospitalized, and two people developed hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS), a serious health issue that can cause kidney failure. The person who died, an older person from Colorado, isn’t one of the people who developed HUS, the health agency said.
Federal health officials alerted the public to the outbreak on Tuesday, and McDonald’s removed the product from about a fifth of its 13,000 U.S. locations, including its restaurants in Colorado, Kansas, Utah, Wyoming and parts of Idaho, Iowa, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico and Oklahoma.
Illnesses started on September 27, with the last reported case on October 10, according to health officials. States with cases include:
- Colorado
- Iowa
- Kansas
- Michigan
- Missouri
- Montana
- Nebraska
- New Mexico
- Oregon
- Utah
- Washington
- Wisconsin
- Wyoming
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