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WDBJ reports that the Virginia Department of Health is offering free Hepatitis A vaccines for restaurant workers.
The Roanoke City Alleghany Health District Director
Publisher’s Platform: Hey Starbucks — Serve your patrons better, vaccinate your employees against hepatitis A
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The Camden County Health Department in New Jersey has been notified by a health care provider that a food handler employed at a Starbucks at 1490 Blackwood Clementon Road in Gloucester Township tested positive
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Patient count at 50 with 3 dead in hepatitis A outbreak linked to restaurants
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
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Publisher’s Platform: Message to the CDC — It is time, past time, to change views on hepatitis A vaccines for food handlers
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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
Deli patrons urged to get hepatitis A vaccinations because of infected employee
A case of hepatitis A has been diagnosed in an employee who recently handled food at Zayde’s Deli in Memphis, TN. The employee worked during a period of time when ill or infectious and potentially
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Publisher’s Platform: Hepatitis A vaccines cost a lot less than lawsuits
I felt another blog post coming on after reading Spectrum 1’s headline:
“More vaccination clinics offered this week after possible Hepatitis A exposure at Fredonia restaurant”
There were two more hepatitis A vaccination clinics in
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Hepatitis A outbreaks investigated in Ireland
Two outbreaks of hepatitis A virus (HAV) with 17 infections are under investigation in Ireland.
A total of 21 patients have been identified during a three-month period in Dublin, with 17 linked to the outbreaks
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Bakery link investigated in hepatitis A outbreak in Germany
More than 20 people have been infected with hepatitis A in an outbreak in a German municipality.
There have been 23 infections in the community of Dummerstorf in the Rostock district of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. Three more
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Hepatitis A increase in Chinese province linked to seafood
An increase in hepatitis A infections in a Chinese province earlier this year has been attributed to eating raw or undercooked seafood.
In February 2020, there was a 138 percent increase in hepatitis A infections
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Diners warned about potential hepatitis A exposure, urged to seek vaccination
Health officials in New Zealand have warned people who ate at a restaurant about possible hepatitis A exposure.
Canterbury District Health Board’s public health team are advising people who ate at Madam Woo Christchurch on
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