Fresh Strawberries Linked to Hepatitis A Outbreak, F.D.A Says
The F.D.A. said the likely source of the outbreak was fresh organic strawberries that were sold under the FreshKampo and H-E-B brands in March and April. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - May 31, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Michael Levenson Tags: Organic Foods and Products Strawberries Food Contamination and Poisoning Hepatitis Aldi Supermarkets Food and Drug Administration Safeway Inc Trader Joe ' Walmart Stores Inc Weis Markets Inc Alberta (Canada) FreshKampo H-E-B Groc Source Type: news

FDA Ties Hepatitis Outbreak to Organic Strawberries
U.S. and Canadian regulators are investigating a hepatitis outbreak that may be linked to fresh organic strawberries. In a joint weekend statement, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and the Public Health Agency of Canada said illnesses in Minnesota, California, and Canada occurred after people consumed FreshKampo and H-E-B brand strawberries. The agencies said the strawberries were purchased between March 5 and April 25. They were sold at various U.S. retailers, including Aldi, Kroger, Safeway, Walmart, and Trader Joe’s. In Canada, the affected strawberries were sold between March 5-9 at Co-op stores in Alberta a...
Source: TIME: Health - May 31, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: DEE-ANN DURBIN / AP Tags: Uncategorized healthscienceclimate News Desk Public Health wire Source Type: news

FDA investigating hepatitis A outbreak possibly linked to fresh strawberries
The US Food and Drug Administration is investigating a potential link between a hepatitis A outbreak and fresh organic strawberries. (Source: CNN.com - Health)
Source: CNN.com - Health - May 30, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

FDA: Strawberries Recalled As Hepatitis A Virus Outbreak Has Left 16 Hospitalized
The outbreak has already left at least 17 people infected and 12 hospitalized in the U.S. and at least 10 infected and four hospitalized in Canada. (Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News)
Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News - May 29, 2022 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Bruce Y. Lee, Senior Contributor Tags: Healthcare /healthcare Innovation /innovation Business /business Food & Drink /food-drink pharma Source Type: news

Hepatitis A: outbreak information, UKHSA (updated 19th May 2022)
Information about the risks, symptoms and how to seek treatment for hepatitis A. 19 May 2022Added links to translated versions. 1 June 2021First published. (Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH))
Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH) - May 19, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

A Mysterious Hepatitis Outbreak Among Children Is Baffling Doctors
Since last autumn, doctors at the Children’s Hospital of Alabama have been wrestling with a mystery. From October 2021 through February of this year, nine children—the youngest 20 months old and the oldest 5 years and 9 months—were rushed to the hospital with concerning symptoms, all of which turned out to be due to unexplained cases of acute hepatitis, also known as liver inflammation. As the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently reported, all of the patients tested negative for the hepatitis A, B, and C viruses, and also tested negative for COVID-19. They did test positive for a...
Source: TIME: Health - May 5, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Jeffrey Kluger Tags: Uncategorized COVID-19 Disease healthscienceclimate Source Type: news

Sudden onset hepatitis – UKHSA cautions parents to 'be alert to the signs' - update
AS INVESTIGATIONS continue into the unusual rise in cases of sudden onset hepatitis in children, the UK Health Security Agency details the warning signs. (Source: Daily Express - Health)
Source: Daily Express - Health - April 30, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

What ’s behind the mysterious global rise in childhood hepatitis? – podcast
Over the past few weeks, countries around the world have reported an unexpected increase in the number of children with hepatitis. So far about 200 cases have been reported. More than half have come from the UK, but there have also been reports from Spain, Japan and the US, among others. Although this is still a very rare disease, it is severe, with 10% of affected children needing a liver transplant. So what might explain this unusual rise? Guardian science editor Ian Sample speaks to Prof Deirdre Kelly about the current theories as to what could be happening, and how concerned we should beContinue reading... (Source: Gua...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - April 28, 2022 Category: Science Authors: Presented by Ian Sample, produced by Madeleine Finlay and Anand Jagatia, sound design by Tony Onuchukwu, the executive producer was Danielle Stephens Tags: Science Health Society Infectious diseases Medical research Children's health Source Type: news

Statins side effects: Cholesterol drug may cause hepatitis – symptoms to spot
STATINS are a type of drug used to treat high cholesterol. Just like other medicines they can cause side effects. Some of these side effects are more serious than others. (Source: Daily Express - Health)
Source: Daily Express - Health - March 27, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

'I was told I could die in hospital'- liver disease sufferer warns of killer condition
LIVER DISEASE can be caused by a number of things. Chronic alcohol consumption, fat accumulation in the liver or infection such as hepatitis A,B or C are just a few. The liver is an organ around the size of an American football and is essential for digesting food and ridding your body of toxic substances. Once badly damaged, liver disease can lead to scarring known as cirrhosis which in turn can lead to the liver not being able to function properly. (Source: Daily Express - Health)
Source: Daily Express - Health - March 6, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Dangerous Medicine: The Story Behind Human Experiments with Hepatitis – review
Sydney Halpern ’s account of postwar US research that deliberately infected hundreds with the disease is shocking – and important for the Covid eraFor three decades after the second world war, US scientists and doctors carried out a research programme of striking ambition – and breathtaking moral negligence. They deliberately infected more than 1,000 people, including at least 100 children, with hepatitis, an illness that can trigger chronic liver disease and cancer.Very few of those subjected to this experimentation had much idea of what was being inflicted upon them. Many were poor and uneducated and came from pris...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - February 20, 2022 Category: Science Authors: Robin McKie Tags: Science and nature books Culture Hepatitis B Hepatitis C Medical research Source Type: news

Starbucks Employee Tests Positive For Hepatitis A, Potentially Exposed Thousands Of Customers
The employee may have been shedding the virus while working six different days at the store. (Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News)
Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News - November 21, 2021 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Bruce Y. Lee, Senior Contributor Tags: Healthcare /healthcare Innovation /innovation Business /business Food & Drink /food-drink pharma Source Type: news

Starbucks Employee With Hepatitis A Kept Working, Potentially Exposing Thousands Of Customers
Despite testing positive for the highly contagious virus, the employee kept working at a Starbucks store for six different days afterwards. (Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News)
Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News - November 21, 2021 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Bruce Y. Lee, Senior Contributor Tags: Healthcare /healthcare Innovation /innovation Business /business Food & Drink /food-drink pharma Source Type: news

Customers who visited a New Jersey Starbucks are told to get vaccinated against hepatitis A
An employee who worked at a Starbucks location in New Jersey, has tested positive for hepatitis A and may have been exposed between November 4 and November 6 or between November 11 and 13. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - November 19, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

What ’s Worse, Hepatitis A, B, or C?
Title: What ’s Worse, Hepatitis A, B, or C?Category: Diseases and ConditionsCreated: 9/29/2021 12:00:00 AMLast Editorial Review: 9/29/2021 12:00:00 AM (Source: MedicineNet Digestion General)
Source: MedicineNet Digestion General - September 29, 2021 Category: Nutrition Source Type: news