The Cabell Huntington Health Department is closely working with a small community in the Milton area to monitor the Hepatitis A outbreak. To date there have been 11 confirmed Hepatitis A cases which include children and adults. A special clinic was held on Tuesday, December 28th at Chestnut Grove Fellowship Hall on Barkers Ridge Road
Cabell County Milton Elementary School Deals with Three Cases of Hepatitis A
Five cases of Hepatitis A have now been confirmed in Cabell County.
According to the Cabell County Health Department, three of those cases have been reported at Milton Elementary.
Jedd Flowers, Director of Communications for Cabell County Schools, said the three cases reported are closely related and there is no cause for alarm.
Flowers said
Cabell-Huntington Health Department urge Hepatitis A Vaccine
Approximately 150 to 200 people who were potentially exposed to hepatitis A have been contacted by the Cabell-Huntington Health Department and urged to attend a special vaccine clinic from noon to 7 p.m. Monday, Dec. 20, at Milton Elementary School.
Five cases of hepatitis A were reported in Eastern Cabell County last week and are
Video – Hepatitis A Information
Hepatitis A Outbreak Litigation
Hepatitis A is one of five human hepatitis viruses (hepatitis A, B, C, D, and E) that primarily infect the liver and cause illness. An estimated 80,000 cases occur each year in the U.S., although much higher estimates have been proposed based on mathematical modeling of the past incidence of infection. Each year, an estimated
Hepatitis a – a video look a preventable problem
Jerry’s Deli Hepatitis A Risk
The Los Angeles Health Department announced Wednesday night that an employee of Jerry’s Deli in Westwood, located at 10925 Weyburn Ave., has been diagnosed with acute hepatitis A.
Health officials stated in an e-mail “the hepatitis A virus is spread by close physical contact and through fecal contamination of food or drink, so Public Health
Burger King linked to Six Hepatitis A Cases
According to press reports:
The Ashland-Boyd County Health Department has confirmed a sixth case of Hepatitis A. This case is a close contact with the previously identified cases of Hepatitis A.
No cases associated with the recent Burger King employee have been identified as of Monday, Nov. 29. Health department officials are investigating all recent
Burger King linked to Hepatitis A Positive Employee, Again
The Ashland-Boyd County Health Department in Kentucky is investigating a recent Hepatitis A case in the community. The agency says a worker at the Burger King on Winchester Avenue had the disease. According to a press release, persons who went through the drive-thru multiple times during the given time frame or have low immunity would
Alaska leads Nation in Hepatitis A Vaccines
According to the journal Vaccine, Alaska health officials said the state’s hepatitis A vaccination program (a program that we have advocated for several years around the country) has virtually wiped out hepatitis A infections in the state. Officials also said the program has cut down on the rates of the disease among Alaska Natives from