The departments have been recommending the vaccines to those in the Roanoke Valley since the rise in cases, including the exposures at Famous Anthony’s, Tuco’s, and Luigi’s.
Nearly one year ago, over 50 people
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Good on public health doing good public health.
WDBJ reports that the Virginia Department of Health is offering free Hepatitis A vaccines for restaurant workers.
The Roanoke City Alleghany Health District Director
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Today the Roanoke Times reported that owners of Famous Anthony’s filed bankruptcy for two of their Roanoke five restaurant locations after a hepatitis A outbreak originating from one of their food service
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Owners of a Roanoke, VA, restaurant chain have closed one location and are filing bankruptcy for two others in relation to a deadly hepatitis A outbreak that swept through the community this past fall.
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A fourth person has died in a hepatitis A outbreak traced to Famous Anthony’s restaurants in Roanoke Valley in Virginia.
Larry Vest died on Christmas after fighting the liver disease for months. His wife Diane,
Continue Reading Fourth person dies in hepatitis A outbreak traced to Virginia restaurants
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As of Nov. 9, 2021, health officials in Roanoke, Virginia, confirmed a total of 50 primary cases and two secondary cases of hepatitis A linked to a hepatitis A positive food service employee who
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Another patient has been added to the case count in a deadly hepatitis A outbreak in Virginia where public health officials continue to investigate other potential cases linked to a local restaurant chain in the
Continue Reading Patient count at 50 with 3 dead in hepatitis A outbreak linked to restaurants
I will spare you the list of hepatitis A cases that I have been involved with since 1998 when I represented 30 people exposed in a Seattle, Washington Subway restaurant, including one child who
UPDATE: Late this afternoon public health officials reported a third patient has died in this outbreak. No further details were released on the patient.
Another person has died in an outbreak of hepatitis A among
Continue Reading UPDATED: Third death reported in hepatitis A outbreak linked to restaurant chain
The patient count in a hepatitis A outbreak linked to Virginia restaurants continues to grow, with 44 people now confirmed as infected. One of the patients has required a liver transplant and one has died.
Continue Reading More sick in hepatitis A outbreak traced to restaurants; one required liver transplant
