It feels like the worst case of Montezuma's revenge you've ever had. Stomach cramps. Vomiting. Diarrhea that persists for days, if not weeks. The culprit? It could be raw vegetables, a fruit salad or those juicy fresh strawberries you just ate. At least that's what health officials were saying last week, when they announced that over the past two months a few hundred people in the U.S. and Canada have been stricken with a new and mysterious intestinal infection. So far, no deaths have been reported, although a few people have been hospitalized for severe dehydration. But what baffles the experts...
THE STRAWBERRY SICKNESS
A MYSTERIOUS INTESTINAL INFECTION IS STRIKING THE U.S. AND CANADA. IS UNWASHED FRUIT THE SOURCE?
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