July 2006

Monday, July 31, 2006
The growing list of childhood vaccinations reads like an alphabet soup: Hib, HepA, HepB, IPV, PCV, MCV4, DTaP, Tdap, varicella and influenza.
Parents dragging their kids to the doctor’s office for those required school shots can expect to hear about more vaccines and, if they’re uninsured, new expenses.
Twenty years ago, it cost $75 to $100 to immunize a child with the four available vaccines. Today, 12 are generally recommended for kids and adolescents, at a private-sector cost of about $1,250.Continue Reading Number of Vaccines, Complex Shot Schedule, Confuse Patients

30 July 2006 | 13:38 | FOCUS News Agency
Sofia. By 8 a.m. today the number of the people in the Bulgarian town of Svoge infected with Hepatitis A soared to 159 as 46 of them work at company Kraft Foods-Svoge. This is what the press center of the Bulgarian Health Ministry told FOCUS News…

Patrons encouraged to receive inoculations to prevent hepatitis A infection
NAGS HEAD, NC (July 27, 2006) — The Dare County, North Carolina Department of Public Health issued a warning to all patrons who ate at the Player’s Grille at Nags Head Golf Links on July 14 and 18, 2006. A restaurant employee who worked at the Player’s Grille on those days was recently diagnosed with hepatitis A, a virus that can lead to liver failure. Because the employee was infectious while working, the Dare County Health Department is encouraging all people who ate at the restaurant on July 14 and 18 to receive Immune globulin injections to prevent hepatitis A infection.Continue Reading Golf course restaurant employee tests positive for hepatitis A

Patrons encouraged to receive inoculations to prevent hepatitis A infection
NAGS HEAD, NC (July 27, 2006) — The Dare County, North Carolina Department of Public Health issued a warning to all patrons who ate at the Player’s Grille at Nags Head Golf Links on July 14 and 18, 2006. A restaurant employee who worked at the Player’s Grille on those days was recently diagnosed with hepatitis A, a virus that can lead to liver failure. Because the employee was infectious while working, the Dare County Health Department is encouraging all people who ate at the restaurant on July 14 and 18 to receive Immune globulin injections to prevent hepatitis A infection.
Symptoms of hepatitis A infection, which include muscle aches, headache, loss of appetite, abdominal discomfort, fever, and malaise, may not appear for 15-50 days after exposure to the virus; however, individuals who contract hepatitis A are infectious and can unknowingly spread the virus for at least two weeks before they begin to exhibit symptoms. Inoculation with Immune globulin serum can prevent hepatitis A infection among individuals who receive the injection within two weeks of exposure.Continue Reading Golf course restaurant employee tests positive for hepatitis A

Thursday, July 27, 2006
By 13News
A Hepatitis A alert was issued late Thursday for patrons of a Nags Head, N.C. restaurant.
Health officials want to hear from anyone who ate at the Players Grille at Nags Head Golf Links July 14 and 18, 2006 and who may have eaten or had drinks between July 1 and July 13.
A food handler there has been diagnosed with Hepatitis A.
“There is a shot to prevent the infection if taken within two weeks of exposure, so people who were exposed need to get the injection of immune globulin,” said Anne Thomas, Dare County health director.
Clinics for free shots to anyone who was exposed will be held at the Health Dept. in Manteo.Continue Reading Hepatitis A clinics being held for patrons of Nags Head restaurant

The Dare County Department of Public Health has issued a warning for people who ate at the Player’s Grille at Nags Head Golf Links July 14 and 18, 2006, following the diagnosis of Hepatitis A in a food handler at the restaurant.
If you ate at the Player’s Grille during the time when the infected…

Hepatitis A is a disease of the liver caused bye the hepatitis A virus. There may be no symptoms; however the likelihood of symptoms increases with the person’s age. If symptoms are present, they include yellow skin or eyes, tiredness, stomach ache, loss of appetite, or nausea. Most often, hepatitis A is spread by the…

by Steve Coomes
27 Jul 2006
Most restaurant operators are well acquainted with foodservice safety standards. They know how foodborne illness begins and how it’s spread.
But few know what to do should a serious outbreak occur at their restaurant. What would they say to customers claiming to be sickened by their food. One might be easy to handle quietly, but what if many are affected?
Who would they call for advice on how to fix the problem?
And if a major outbreak occurs, how would they handle media calls?
Jeff Caponigro said restaurateurs usually want to do what’s best for their customers when that happens, but believes few know what to do next — and when a problem arises, there’s a lot to do.
“Obviously, the safety and comfort of customers is the most important thing, even if that means they have to close down while place gets cleaned or while an investigation occurs,” said Caponigro, president of Caponigro Public Relations Inc. in Southfield, Mich.Continue Reading Food-poisoning preparation pays off

By Samantha Baden
HEPATITIS A, the virus which has sparked a national meat products recall, will make sufferers sick for weeks but is unlikely to prove fatal, a health expert said today.
One of Australia’s largest meat producers, KR Castlemaine, today issued a nationwide recall of some of its products after an employee fell ill with the highly contagious condition.
Hepatitis A is a relatively commonly-reported, viral infection of the liver preventable through vaccination, Australian Hepatitis Council executive officer Helen Tyrrell said.Continue Reading What is Hepatitis A?