US E. Coli Outbreak

Authorities are reporting that at least fourteen people have come down with E. coli.

The ill are spread across six states, causing three to be hospitalized, and killing one.

So far no connection has been found, but federal health officials believe that there is one.

Some doubt a connection, to the wide spread of locations, and times in which people became sick.

This particular strain is not considered deadly to most people, but the old, young children, pregnant women, and people with immune deficiencies are highly susceptible.

The one death was a twenty-one month old child.

Health officials are straining the importance of washing your hands and avoiding food contamination.