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 ...

Tiny turtles have been linked to an outbreak of salmonella in nearly half of US states. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said last Friday that it had received 51 reports of ...

The endangered Vallarta mud turtle faces severe habitat loss in Mexico, leaving its tiny surviving population at urgent risk.

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 ...

SAVANNAH, Ga. (WSAV)—The Center of Disease Control (CDC) has linked small turtles to 51 reported Salmonella cases across 21 states, Georgia included. So far, the CDC reports that 23 out of the 51 ...

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 ...

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (CBS12) — Pet owners might want to think twice before bringing home a tiny turtle as a pet. Not only because it's illegal, but because they're causing a salmonella outbreak.

WASHINGTON - 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 ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and public health officials across several states are actively investigating a multistate outbreak of Salmonella infections, which has been linked to the ...