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L.A. County health officials are warning that some diners at a Monterey Park restaurant may have been exposed to hepatitis A. An employee at a Buffalo Wild Wings in the city was found to be infected with the highly contagious liver infection, the county public health department said in a release Wednesday. Customers who ate at the restaurant at 4000 …

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Krishnankutty, 62, lifted the tip of his thorthu on his shoulders to wipe the tears welling up in his distraught eyes. Three more people from Kaippilly ward with fever sought treatment at the outpatient wing of the community health centre in Vengoor on April 18. Water woes On the day the outbreak was detected, officials of the community health centre …

Hepatitis A spreading among Los Angeles homeless population, health officials say

A homeless woman washes up at a fire hydrant near her encampment along south Lemon Street in downtown Los Angeles. The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health is investigating an outbreak of the highly contagious liver disease hepatitis A among its homeless population. Health officials said five cases of hepatitis A have been reported since mid-March among people experiencing …

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An inmate worker at Men’s Central Jail has tested positive for hepatitis A, prompting Los Angeles County health officials to warn those who were inside the facility last month that they may have been exposed to the highly contagious virus. Although jail officials said Friday that there are no other suspected cases, it’s not clear how many people might have …

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Jammu and Kashmir: Panic has gripped South Kashmir’s Yaripora area after minor a girl died and several others were infected after a suspected Hepatitis outbreak. Many patients were diagnosed with Hepatitis c and E in Turka Tachloo village in Kulgam. According to health officials, almost seven teenage kids have tested positive for hepatitis C and E so far. Official sources …

No monkeypox cases in India so far, say officials

India has not registered any case of monkeypox as of now, but the pox spread around the world is being tracked closely, officials said on Saturday. The country is also monitoring the alert by the World Health Organization on the rise in reported cases of acute hepatitis of unknown aetiology in children from some parts of the world, a Union …

NEW YORK — U.S. health officials are looking into more than 100 possible cases of a mysterious and severe liver disease in children, including five deaths. In the U.S., most of the children were toddlers, nearly all were hospitalized and eight received liver transplants “It’s still a very rare occurrence,” Butler said. “A majority of these cases have recovered and …

Hepatitis cases in children might be linked to adenovirus, UK health officials report

CNN — Health officials in the UK have released new details in their ongoing investigation of an unusual series of hepatitis cases in children. “There may be a cofactor causing a normal adenovirus to produce a more severe clinical presentation in young children,” the UK health agency said in its technical briefing Monday, “such as increased susceptibility due to reduced …

Hepatitis C is a viral infection that is primarily transmitted through blood Sambhal: Administrative and health department officials have sprung into action after 129 people in a village here tested positive for Hepatitis C infection. Of the 233 people of Ramnagar village of Asmoli area, tested recently for Hepatitis C, 129 were found positive for the infection, informed Dr Manoj …

While mild forms of hepatitis are common, the severity of the reported cases has concerned health authorities. Health officials across several countries in Europe and the US are investigating cases of a severe liver disease in children that was first identified in the United Kingdom. The United Kingdom last week said it had identified 74 severe cases since January and …

Health officials in several countries are investigating mysterious cases of severe liver disease in children, and they think it may be related to a kind of virus usually associated with colds. The UK has been investigating at least 74 cases in which children came down with hepatitis, or liver inflammation, the World Health Organization said Friday. “Given the increase in …