People who attended Las Vegas expo at risk for hepatitis
ALBANY, N.Y. The state Health Department says people who attended a gaming expo at the Las Vegas Convention Center on September 13th and 14th may have been exposed to Hepatitis A through an infected worker.
The person suspected of spreading the illness was handing out free samples of ice cream at a Schwan's food service booth at the convention center.
As a precaution, the Health Department is advising anyone who went to the conference and had ice cream at the booth on either day to immediately get an immune globulin immunization.
Immune globulin can provide some protection against hepatitis a infection if it is given within 14 days after a person has been exposed.
