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A worker at a Calgary, Alberta, Canada McDonald's restaurant has been diagnosed with hepatitis A, and in an effort to prevent an outbreak, public health officials are offering immune globulin injections to inoculate customers against the hepatitis A virus.

Anyone who ate at McDonald's less than 14 days ago is eligible to receive the injection.

This week's food safety infosheet from the International Food Safety Network provides additional information about the hepatitis A exposure.

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The latest news on available supplies of pediatric and adult formulations of hepatitis A vaccine, inactivated, is mixed. Of the two manufacturers that produce this vaccine for the U.S. market, one reports that it has temporarily ceased taking orders for vials of the vaccine, and the other states that its current production and supply levels are in good shape to handle demand for the product.

That's according to a Sept. 28 update posted on the CDC's Current Vaccine Shortages & Immunizations Web page, which further notes that no changes in current recommendations for administration of hepatitis A vaccine are indicated at this time.

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A second student has been diagnosed with Hepatitis A at a Fishers grade school, authorities said today.

Classes at Harrison Parkway Elementary were not dismissed because of today's discovery - the second case this month - but letters explaining the disease were sent to parents, said Hamilton Southeastern School Assistant Superintendent Richard Hogue.

"The health department told us there was no reason to shorten the school day," Hogue said.

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