France records first E. coli death
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Authorities have recorded the first death in France's E. coli outbreak. Dr. Benoit Vendrely at Bordeaux Hospital in southwest France said the 78-year-old woman died early Saturday morning.
She had been hospitalized in Bordeaux since June 24 with hemolytic uremic syndrome, the rare kidney condition that the most seriously ill victims of the outbreak are suffering from. (AP)
