Puppy kisses are making people across the nation sick.
At least 30 people have been sickened from a drug-resistant bacteria they most likely picked upThe outbreak of a strain of Campylobacter jejuni, a bacteria commonly associated with food poisoning, has spread to 13 states and caused four hospitalizations, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says.
Most of those infected came in contact with puppies, and many were at pet stores. At least 12 people who were infected came in contact with puppies at Petland, a national pet store chain, the CDC says, including some Petland employees. "Petland takes the health and welfare of our employees, our customers and our pets very seriously," the company said in aThe bacteria causing the string of illnesses is similar to the bacteria that sickened people in an outbreak from 2016 to 2018 also tied to pet store puppies, the CDC says. The illnesses began in January, the agency says, and people as young as 8 months and as old as 70 have been sickened. No deaths have been reported.
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