Listeriosis toll rises to 15 dead, 84 sickened

 

number of people who've died or been sickened in the listeriosis outbreak linked to cantaloupe from a Colorado farm rose again Friday. Ed Andrieski, AP Cantaloupes rot in the afternoon heat on a field on the Jensen Farms. Enlarge Ed Andrieski, AP Cantaloupes rot in the afternoon heat on a field on the Jensen Farms. Ads by Google Study in Latvia We offer a wide range of programs and excellent study environment! www.rpiva.lv Full-time MBA Scandinavia's top MBA program Copenhagen Business School www.cbs.dk/ftmba International Development Award-winning Certificate Program. Complete at Your Own Pace Online. ContinuingStudies.UBC.ca The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said the confirmed death toll now stands at 15, and that another 84 people have been sickened. Those numbers are up from 13 dead, 72 sickened as of Tuesday. The illnesses all began after July 31 and have been reported in 19 statbes: Alabama Arkansas, California, Colorado, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Maryland, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Texas, Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin and Wyoming.