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Kiss a Frog and Get Salmonella?

Salmonella's back. Government officials announced this week that salmonella carried by your cute little green friends -- this time frogs -- have caused yet another outbreak in children. Aquatic pet frogs are under fire this week after 48 people in 25 states came down with salmonella serotype typhimurium, according to the U.S Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Children were most likely to be infected. Among the reported cases, 77 percent were in children under age 10. Officials...Full Story
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