(Yahoo) – Two people are dead and 768 are ill due to a nationwide Salmonella outbreak, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported. The CDC recently posted updates regarding two separate outbreaks – one linked to contact with poultry in backyard flocks and one linked to contact with pig ear dog treats. According to the latest CDC report, the outbreak now involves 48 states with 768 people affected — 122

of them hospitalized. Two deaths were reported, one in Texas and one in Ohio. Since 2000, more than 75 outbreaks of Salmonella infections have been linked to contact with backyard poultry. In Tennessee, 55 people have become ill. The only other state to report more cases is Ohio, with 62 illnesses. The CDC says 24% of those interviewed who became ill are children under the age of 5. READ MORE