Hepatitis A infection has been diagnosed in a server at Lolita’s Bar and Grill located at 472 Buford Drive in Lawrenceville, GA. Individuals who ate at the restaurant from Oct. 24 – Nov. 7 may have been exposed to the infection and should contact their healthcare provider or the Gwinnett
Continue Reading Restaurant worker in Georgia diagnosed with hepatitis A; customers urged to get vaccinated
The CDC has been reporting on an ongoing person to person outbreak of Hepatitis A for years. Since the outbreaks were first identified in 2016, 37 states have publicly reported the following as of October 6, 2023:
• Cases: 44,915
• Hospitalizations: 27,445 (61%)
• Deaths: 423
Now, the CDC has just reported
Continue Reading Publisher’s Platform: It is past time to vaccinate food service workers against Hep A
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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 Dr. Cynthia Morrow, says that the Health District will host the vaccination clinic Monday, June
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 for hepatitis A and worked through the infectious period.
On Wednesday, Nov. 17, the Department
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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 Roanoke area.
Now 50 people have been confirmed infected and three have died, according to
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 suffered acute liver failure requiring an emergency liver transplant.
There have been dozens in the
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 exposed customers to the virus.
Anyone who consumed food or drink at Zayde’s Deli at
Continue Reading Deli patrons urged to get hepatitis A vaccinations because of infected employee
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 Chautauqua County this week after a potential exposure to the virus at a restaurant.
The
Continue Reading Publisher’s Platform: Hepatitis A vaccines cost a lot less than lawsuits
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 that began in November 2020. One of the outbreak strains has genotype IA.
Three cases
Continue Reading Hepatitis A outbreaks investigated in Ireland
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 test results are pending. Officials believe the virus has been spread through food.
Of those
Continue Reading Bakery link investigated in hepatitis A outbreak in Germany
