CDC Raises Alarm of Mysterious Hepatitis Cases in Kids; 2 States Report Cases
Freeman writes:
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released a health alert Thursday notifying clinicians of a US-based cluster of unexplained cases of liver inflammation in young children, which appear to be part of a puzzling international outbreak that now spans at least 10 countries and two US states.
According to the CDC, Alabama has seen nine cases of unexplained liver inflammation-aka hepatitis-in children between the ages of one and six since October of last year.
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North Carolina is also investigating two cases in school-aged children, neither of which required transplants.The unexplained cases join dozens of others from around the world, mostly in children younger than 10 and many less than five. The United Kingdom has tallied 108 cases this year
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