Hepatitis A advisory issued
6/18/2004 9:37 PM
By: Capital News 9 web staff
After a Hepatitis A outbreak in Massachusetts, New York state officials aren't taking any chances.
The New York State Health Department has issued a Hepatitis A advisory for the entire state. A Friendly's restaurant in Arlington, Massachusetts, is at the center of the outbreak, and health officials are concerned traveling New Yorkers may have stopped there.
It is very close to the heavily traveled Massachusetts Turnpike. Officials are asking anyone who ate at the restaurant between June 4 and 15 to get immediate medical attention.
Hepatitis A is a very contagious disease that attacks the liver, but after treatment most people fully recover.
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Read through and enter the discussion by using the form at the endBill Marler - June 21, 2004 11:07 AM
We have been contacted by several people who had to get Ig shots. Also, we are investigating a reported ill person as well.