{Frankfort, Kentucky}...Health officials in Indiana and Kentucky are investigating farms, distributors and retailers after an outbreak of salmonella that has sickened 150 people nationwide was linked to cantaloupes grown in the southwestern part of Indiana. The Kentucky Department of Public Health warned people not to eat cantaloupes grown in southwestern Indiana after tests found the fruit carried the same strain of salmonella that has killed two and sickened more than 50 in Kentucky. Salmonella infections result in diarrhea, fever and abdominal cramps and the illness usually lasts four to seven days.
