Hepatitis
Studies Probe Adenovirus Link to Childhood Hepatitis Cases
For months, scientists around the world have been investigating cases of severe, unexplained hepatitis, or liver inflammation, in previously healthy children. At least 920 probable cases have been detected in 33 countries since October, according to the World Health Organization. About 5 percent have required liver transplants, and 18 deaths have been reported. So far, […]
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Liviah’s New Liver: A Family Grapples With a Girl’s Puzzling Hepatitis
It was three days before Christmas, and Elizabeth Widders was perched in her upstairs bathroom, fastening red and green bows in the hair of her 4-year-old daughter, Liviah. But as Liviah stood in the morning light, her mother noticed that the whites of her eyes had turned yellow. She hustled Liviah downstairs to ask her […]
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Fresh Strawberries Linked to Hepatitis A Outbreak, F.D.A Says
Public health officials said they were investigating an outbreak of hepatitis A in the United States and Canada that is potentially linked to organic strawberries. American health officials said the outbreak most likely came from fresh organic strawberries branded as FreshKampo and H-E-B that were bought between March 5 and April 25. The strawberries were […]
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C.D.C. Is Investigating 109 Cases of Hepatitis in Children, Including 5 Deaths
The deaths of five children and what may be an unusual group of more than 100 hepatitis cases in young children in the United States are under investigation by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the agency said on Friday. The C.D.C. said it was examining cases involving 109 children in 25 states and […]
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What Scientists Know About the Unusual Hepatitis Cases in Children
Where have the new cases been reported? In early April, Britain became the first country to notify the W.H.O. of a cluster of unexplained hepatitis cases in children. The cases were unusual because they occurred over a short period of time in otherwise healthy children, and because clinicians quickly ruled out any of the common […]
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What Do Hepatitis Symptoms Look Like in Children?
“Typically, one won’t see ‘dramatic’ jaundice until the inflammation or dysfunction of the liver has progressed quite far already,” Dr. Weymann said. What is causing the recent hepatitis clusters? Hepatitis can have many causes, from autoimmune disease to side effects of certain medications. Most often, it is caused by one of the five hepatitis viruses […]
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C.D.C. Issues Alert Over Cluster of Hepatitis Cases in Children
A cluster of severe hepatitis cases in Alabama children prompted the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to issue a nationwide health alert on Thursday, urging doctors and health officials to keep an eye out for, and report, any similar cases. Officials are investigating the possibility that an adenovirus, one of a group of common […]
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