Erika Edwards

Fake Botox injections may have led to the hospitalizations of two people in Illinois, the state's Public Health Department said Monday.

Several states are reporting illnesses from counterfeit Botox injections, the federal health agency said Wednesday. Some patients have had to be hospitalized.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is poised to alert doctors across the country about fake Botox injections that have already sent at least four people to the hospital, it said Wednesday.

At least 19 people — all women — have gotten sick after counterfeit or mishandled Botox injections.

At least 19 women in nine states reportedly became ill after receiving Botox, either after receiving the injections from people who were never

Authentic Botox, made by AbbVie, has not been implicated in the bad reactions, which include difficulty breathing and swallowing.

In states with abortion bans, there's little guidance for dispensing the FDA-approved drug misoprostol, which is often prescribed for miscarriage.

The FDA is waiting on test results on the effects of pasteurization on the virus in cow's milk, but to date, it's seen nothing that would change the assessment that commercial milk is safe.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture on Wednesday issued a federal order that any dairy cows being transported from one farm to another across state lines should be tested for bird flu.

Experts maintain the milk supply is safe. Their focus is on keeping the people who work with cows from getting sick.