Public health officials in Kentucky are responding agressively to a Hepatitis A outbreak, and Dr. Jeffrey Howard, acting director of the state health department issued a statement Friday saying it’s still safe to travel to
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Officials in Michigan, Utah warn about new hepatitis A cases
Public health officials in Utah and Michigan are alerting people to possible exposure to the hepatitis A virus after confirmation of infected foodservice workers.
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UPDATE: Hepatitis A illnesses prompt recall of frozen strawberries
Update: The back of the Montana brand frozen strawberries packaging states the berries are from Egypt.
Montana brand frozen strawberries are being pulled from Canadian stores because of possible hepatitis A contamination.
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Publisher’s Platform: Besides hepatitis A, what do McDonald’s, Applebee’s and Texas Roadhouse have in common?
Answer: They are all in Kentucky where a hepatitis A outbreak has been ongoing for months. With 272 people infected with Hepatitis A in Kentucky, restaurants must offer hepatitis A vaccines to employees – its …
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Kentucky food handler with hepatitis A exposes customers
The Ashland-Boyd County Health Department is investigating a case of Hepatitis A in a food preparation worker at a convenience store in Ashland, a Kentucky city on the southern bank of the Ohio River.
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City offers hep A vaccine subsidies to foodservice workers
Nearly 200 cases of hepatitis A have been reported in Louisville, KY, since November 2017, so local health officials are offering $25 vaccines to restaurant and foodservice workers in an attempt to curb the outbreak.
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Salt Lake County reports first deaths in hepatitis A outbreak
The Salt Lake County Health Department announced Tuesday that two county residents have died in Utah’s ongoing hepatitis A outbreak.
The first person died in January but had other health conditions and officials were waiting…
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Hepatitis A: Indiana, Kentucky, Utah, Michigan and Canada
Indiana health officials have confirmed 10 cases of hepatitis A, including one restaurant worker. In Louisville, KY, officials say two more food handlers there have been diagnosed with the liver infection.
The food handlers could…
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Kroger customers in Kentucky exposed to hepatitis A virus
A Kroger employee who worked in the produce aisle of a Kentucky grocery store in February exposed an unknown number of people to the highly contagious hepatitis A virus.
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Advisory committee revises hepatitis A vaccine guidance
With a unanimous vote, the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices is recommending that anyone over the age of 12 months, who hasn’t been vaccinated for hepatitis A, should receive the vaccine after the fact if…
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