Stop Snuggling Hedgehogs, CDC Urges Amid Salmonella Outbreak

(CNN) — First, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said not to kiss or snuggle with your chickens; now, the agency is cautioning against PDA with pet hedgehogs.
They may be cute — if prickly — but lab tests in an ongoing investigation show that pet hedgehogs are probably to blame for a multistate salmonella outbreak.
Eleven people are infected in eight states, according to the CDC. There have been no reported deaths, but one person has been hospitalized. The illne