date:Jun 06, 2012
In Millbury, Massachusetts, Owen Carrignan died May 26 after developing hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS), a kidney disease brought on severe E. coli O157:H7 infections. How he got the infection, however, still has investigators stumped.
Meanwhile, an E. coli infection killed New Orleans toddler Maelan Graffagnini on May 31 and has sickened at least two other adults in Louisiana. Health officials suspect that these illnesses are linked to an outbreak spread across multiple southern states, but j