An outbreak of salmonella has been linked to poultry in people’s backyards, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on May 5.
Seven people across six states have become sick from salmonella “after contact with backyard poultry,” the CDC said in an alert.
Although none of the individuals have required hospitalization, and no deaths have been recorded, health officials are urging people to be careful if they have poultry such as chickens or ducks in their backyards.
Salmonella are bacteria that can make people sick. More than 1 million salmonella infections are estimated to occur in the United States each year, according to the CDC….