# 5870
Everyone’s favorite `scary disease girl’, Maryn McKenna updates us on the ongoing outbreak of listeriosis reported in 18 states due to contaminated cantaloupes.
This outbreak is unique, in that Listeria has never been found in cantaloupe before, and exactly how this contamination occurred is still unknown.
I’ll just step out of the way, and direct you to:
Cantaloupe Outbreak: 13 Dead, 18 States, More To Come
- By Maryn McKenna
- September 28, 2011
