McDonald's deadly E. coli outbreak has now sickened more than 100 people
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A deadly E. coli outbreak linked to slivered onions on McDonald's Quarter Pounder burgers has sickened 104 people in 14 states, federal health officials said in an update on Wednesday.
At least 34 people have been hospitalized, and four developed hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS), a serious condition that can cause kidney failure. An 88-year-old man who resided in Grand Junction, Colorado, died, as previously reported. The illnesses began at the end of September, and the most recent onset of illness occurred as of October 21, according to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
McDonald's in late October said its Quarter Pounders — without slivered onions — would return to the menus of hundreds of its impacted restaurants after testing ruled out beef patties as the source of the outbreak.