April 2006

LEXINGTON
April 20, 2006
More than two dozen students at Tates Creek High School have been exposed to Hepatitis A, and now the health department wants them to get checked out.
Officials with the health department have determined that 26 students, all freshmen, at the school tutored a third grade class at Tates Creek Elementary School where Hepatitis A was present. One of the children in the third grade class tested positive for Hepatitis A. The child was excluded from school as soon as test results were confirmed. On Monday, April 10, the student was in school and potentially contagious. The freshmen tutored the students in the third grade class that Monday.Continue Reading Health Department Says Over Two Dozen High School Students Exposed To Hepatitis A Virus

April 20, 2006
WKYT.com (Kentucky)
New information on the Hepatitis A outbreak that’s hit some Fayette county schools.
The Health Department says it now appears some Tates Creek High School students may have been exposed.
26 freshmen tutored a third grade class at Tates Creek Elementary while a student with Hepatitis A was there.Continue Reading Dozens of high schoolers exposed to hepatitis A

April 20, 2006
Jacksboro, Campbell County (WVLT) – Concerns over a Hepatitis-A outbreak last spring in Campbell County are resurfacing.
Four people have filed lawsuits against a Jacksboro restaurant they believe may have helped spread the outbreak.
Whitney Daniel has the details of each lawsuit and explains why these people are filing suits almost a year later.
Before this, attorneys say, there wasn’t ample evidence pinpointing one particular restaurant as the source of the outbreak. Now, they say Long John Silver’s Seafood Shoppe in Jacksboro is the source.Continue Reading Lawsuits filed over Hepatitis-A outbreak

April 19, 2006
Airdrie Echo
Karen Lazaruk
Do you know that hepatitis is a form of liver disease? If you do, you are more informed than about 50 per cent of Canadians, according to a recent survey.
The Canadian Liver Foundation recently commissioned a study to gauge Canadians’ knowledge about hepatitis, which revealed that 46 per cent of respondents understood it to be a liver disease, while few believed they were at risk for contracting it — leading experts in the field to call for more research and education.Continue Reading Get the 411 on hepatitis

By Raviya H. Ismail
HERALD-LEADER EDUCATION WRITER
Health department officials said yesterday that a third-grader at Tates Creek Elementary School has been diagnosed with hepatitis A.
The infected student is a sibling to a preschool student at Yates Elementary School who was diagnosed with the virus last month.Continue Reading Hepatitis A found again, this time in Tates Creek third-grader

April 14, 2006
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released a report on April 14 titled, Preliminary FoodNet Data on the Incidence of Infection with Pathogens Transmitted Commonly Through Food – 10 States, United States, 2005. FoodNet collects data from 10 U.S. states regarding diseases caused by enteric pathogens transmitted commonly through food. This report describes preliminary surveillance data for 2005 and compares them with baseline data from the period 1996-1998.Continue Reading CDC Report

Fri, Apr. 14, 2006
By Raviya H. Ismail
HERALD-LEADER EDUCATION WRITER
Health department officials said yesterday that a third-grader at Tates Creek Elementary School has been diagnosed with hepatitis A.
The infected student is a sibling to a preschool student at Yates Elementary School who was diagnosed with the virus last month.
The Lexington-Fayette County Health Department will administer free hepatitis A immunizations to children and school staff members in the affected classes from 3:30 to 7 p.m. today.Continue Reading Hepatitis A found again, this time in Tates Creek third-grader

April 12, 2006
Ukraine – And twenty-one children have been hospitalized in a village in Chernivtsi oblast after an outbreak of hepatitis A.
According to the health ministry, two of the children’s conditions are serious; ten have mild cases of the liver disease, while nine were hospitalized as a preventative measure. The cause of hepatitis…

April 8, 2006
Malta – The Department of Public Health is taking all the necessary precautions after three children were infected with Hepatitis A, which is normally associated with bad hygiene.
The department said yesterday it had reason to believe that the three cases were related and it was taking all the measures to control the situation and ensure the infection does not spread. All those people who have in some way or another come into contact with the infected children have been vaccinated.
The Health Division informed the teachers and parents of the children, who attend the same school, that there was no health risk and no reason why children should not attend school.Continue Reading Three children catch Hepatitis A

April 10, 2006
The Press (new Zealand)
Joanna Davis
All childcare workers in Canterbury may need to be vaccinated against debilitating and highly contagious hepatitis A after a recent outbreak of the illness.
Medical Officer of Health Dr Mel Brieseman has made the suggestion in an Environmental Science and Research review of Christchurch’s outbreak in January and December, in which 32 people were infected.
The Ministry of Health is also warning of the disease’s increased prevalence in the Pacific Islands.
Twenty cases have been diagnosed in people returning from Samoa recently.
Thirty of the cases in Christchurch’s December and January outbreak were linked to a childcare centre — the ABC Learning Centre in Ferrymead.Continue Reading Hep A shots for care workers?