The Mississippi State Department of Health (MSDH) is investigating a case of hepatitis A in a Warren County restaurant employee that may have led to exposure for customers. MSDH has set up free hepatitis A
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Preventative care: Increasing hepatitis A vaccinations among food service workers
ACADEMIC ANALYSIS
Editor’s note: This contributed piece is from the thesis of Jamie Ragos, the current holder of The Dave Theno Fellowship for Food Safety.
Thesis: Over the past three years, there has been an
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Mandatory food handler vaccines for hepatitis A imposed by Missouri county
Franklin County, MO has joined the shortlist of cities and counties requiring hepatitis A vaccines for restaurant workers. A deadly national hepatitis A epidemic touched Franklin County more than 50 times in the last year.
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Infections slow in hepatitis A outbreak, but more patients likely
Almost 30 cases of Hepatitis A have been reported in North Yorkshire since June 19.
Public Health England (PHE) Yorkshire and the Humber, North Yorkshire County Council and National Health Service organizations are investigating the
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Publisher’s Platform: It’s past time to offer foodservice workers Hep A vaccinations
Opinion
Vaccinating food service workers will not solve the entire HAV problem — we need a nationwide focus on homelessness and drug use as well.
According to a recent health warning, the CDC reported multiple
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Publisher’s Platform: For goodness sake, vaccinate – for Hep A
There are now 16 dead with 292 sickened with hepatitis A in San Diego — mostly in the ignored homeless population. And, the numbers of people with this preventable disease is spiking. Colorado has 57
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EU vaccination of cattle for lumpy skin disease has worked
The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has found that the mass vaccination of cattle implemented in south-eastern Europe successfully contained the outbreaks of lumpy skin disease in the region in 2015-16.
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Michigan sees huge spike in Hepatitis A; vaccinations urged
An eight-fold increase of Hepatitis A cases in Michigan in recent months has state officials encouraging people to get vaccinated against the sometimes foodborne illness.
People who have recently been exposed
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EFSA tells European Commission to go long to kill Bluetongue
Mass vaccination programs lasting at least five years in combination with improved, continuous surveillance systems would be the only effective measures for eradicating bluetongue in Europe, according to recent conclusions reached by the European Food
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90,000 Hepatitis A follow-up shots coming due in Hawaii
More than 90,000 people received the first shot of a two-injection Hepatitis A vaccination in the second half of 2016, and that means more than 90,000 follow-up injections are coming due in the Aloha State.
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