Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is warning adults to warn their kids not to cuddle or kiss the small reptiles, as ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. close up of a small turtle being held in a child's hand An outbreak of Salmonella infections linked to small turtles has sickened ...

They're cute but potentially deadly. Tiny pet turtles, some of them the size of a quarter, are to blame for six ongoing salmonella outbreaks that have sickened nearly 200 people and counting — mostly ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Contact with small pet turtles was to blame for 103 Salmonella infections that occurred in 33 states between May and December 2007, according to federal health officials ...

When you think of salmonella – if you ever do – you probably think about raw meat or eggs as the culprit. But a 16-state outbreak of salmonella launched a CDC investigation that found an unusual cause ...

Dozens of people across 21 states have recently been sickened by Salmonella bacteria tied to small turtles, the CDC reports. Reading time 2 minutes Pet turtles are making Americans across the country ...

Small turtles have sickened people in 11 states, including Washington. So far, 15 people have been infected with the outbreak strain of salmonella. Two of those people are in Washington. Many people ...

When we think salmonella, we usually think food: that counter that didn’t get cleaned well enough after housing raw chicken or salad kit recalls for contaminated lettuce. While recent outbreaks have ...

A salmonella outbreak in 11 states has been linked to small turtles, the CDC announced last week. Twenty-six people have fallen ill from the bacteria, including residents in California, Illinois, ...