Posted: August 24th, 2011 - 7:35pm by Doug Powell

More cases of E. coli O157 are being confirmed at James Cook University Hospital in Middlesbrough, U.K., with 27 children and one adult now affected.

Three of the children were admitted to hospital with the potentially lethal bug, which can lead to kidney failure. One child is still being treated at the Royal Victoria Infirmary in Newcastle.