Salmonella outbreak spreads to 42 states, CDC says

January 7, 2009

(AP) -- Health officials are investigating a salmonella outbreak that reportedly has sickened nearly 400 people in 42 states, but they do not yet know exactly how the bacteria has been spreading.

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