Ken Morgan
May 20, 2005
Hepatitis, an inflammation of the liver, affects many Americans. There are more than 100 causes of hepatitis and the most common one in the United States is alcohol. If hepatitis is caused by a virus it is given a letter, like hepatitis A, B or C. Hepatitis A and B are preventable with a vaccine.
We still see more than 200,000 cases of hepatitis A and more than 300,000 cases of hepatitis B every year. There is no vaccine for hepatitis C. HCV infects more than 650,000 in California and more than 5 million in the United States.

The El Dorado County Hepatitis C Task Force & Advisory Council and People Helping People – HCV Support Group will present a Hepatitis Awareness Day from noon to 5 p.m. Saturday at Bijou Community Park. The community is welcome to join us for a day of food – a community barbecue is planned – fun, music and information.
The annual Soup Series, a South Lake Tahoe Disc Golf tradition, will start that morning and will sponsor the day’s event.
For more information contact Ken Morgan at (530) 577-3111.