CDC warns of salmonella outbreak linked to cookie dough.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has renewed its warning against eating raw cookie dough amid an 11-state salmonella outbreak that has hospitalized three people. The CDC is investigating the outbreak, which has so far sickened 12 people across 11 states. The agency is urging people to use heat-treated flour, wash surfaces and utensils that touched raw flour, and keep raw flour separate from foods that won’t be cooked. Salmonella infections are commonly associated with diarrhea, fever, and stomach cramps, and can be more severe for young children, the elderly, and those with weakened immune systems.