TriCities.com (excerpts):  Bristol, TN - A potential Escherichia coli outbreak that's plagued Northeast Tennessee since mid-May has sickened two more people - bringing the total number of confirmed cases in the eight-county Northeast Tennessee region so far this year to 15.  On Friday, the Northeast Regional Health Office announced that it confirmed the presence of the potentially fatal bacteria in two people who started showing symptoms of Shiga toxin-producing E. coli infection on June 7 a...
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