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What Hep A has taught us that can be used against COVID-19

By Dan Flynn on October 20, 2020

ROSEMONT, IL — Roslyn Stone, who manages health incidents for many of the nation’s largest restaurants and foodservice chains as the chief operating officer for Zero Hour Health, clearly has Dr. Monique Foster, who is…
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Señor Moose restaurant in Seattle is again open after Hepatitis A scare

By News Desk on April 23, 2020

Since April 15, Public Health for Seattle and King County, WA, has learned of three people from three separate meal parties becoming ill with jaundice, abdominal pain, nausea, vomiting, fever, and fatigue after consuming food …
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Michigan warns residents about hepatitis A risks, and latest cases

By News Desk on September 24, 2019

Michigan is not most at risk for hepatitis A, but the state has begun warning residents about the widespread outbreak it and surrounding states are experiencing.

The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS)…
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Letter From the Editor: I’m a little worried, are you?

By Dan Flynn on September 15, 2019
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Foodborne illnesses are not generally considered to be “highly contagious.” There are exceptions of course. Children in close contact can give each other E. coli infections.

But generally speaking, if you don’t eat the…
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Denver resident is latest death in hepatitis A outbreak

By News Desk on September 14, 2019

Two months after Denver declared its outbreak of hepatitis A, the viral disease has taken the life of a resident of the Mile High City.

“Deaths from hepatitis A are rare, but they can occur,…
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Dates from Iran linked to Hepatitis A outbreak for second time in 2 years

By Joe Whitworth on May 1, 2019

Officials are investigating an outbreak of Hepatitis A in Sweden related to dates from Iran that are suspected to be the source of the infections.

Since the end of February, nine cases of the viral…
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Austrian Hepatitis A cases match strain in Swedish outbreak

By Joe Whitworth on October 16, 2018

Austria has become part of a multi-country Hepatitis A outbreak with 31 confirmed cases linked to frozen strawberries imported from Poland.

The outbreak of hepatitis A virus (HAV) is connected to the one recently declared…
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Hepatitis A database has potential to improve outbreak detection

By News Desk on September 27, 2018

A Hepatitis A database has shown promise, and with improvements could be used at earlier stages of international outbreaks, according to researchers.

The team assessed usefulness of the dataset for geographical annotation, backtracing and outbreak…
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WV gets help on the ground with Hepatitis A outbreak from CDC experts

By News Desk on August 24, 2018

Responding to a request from Gov. Jim Justice, the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has moved a 6-person team into West Virginia to help knock down an outbreak of Hepatitis A.

Gov. Justice…
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CDC issues advisory on Hep A outbreaks

By News Desk on June 14, 2018

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued a Health Alert Network Advisory this week regarding Hepatitis A infections amidst a multi-state outbreak. The CDC is monitoring vaccine supplies, which some state and local health…
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Wyoming public health officials investigate Hep A outbreak

By News Desk on May 24, 2018

The Wyoming Department of Health (WDH) and the Casper-Natrona County Health Department continue to investigate a growing Natrona County Hepatitis A outbreak that began in October 2017.

Since then, 14 cases have been confirmed among…
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