The “eyes” have it. I guess someone finally listened to my pleas – 19 years later.
The Genesee County Health Department has recently been awarded a grant to provide the hepatitis A vaccine to food-service workers at NO COST to them or the employer.
In Western New York and across the United States, foodborne outbreaks
Why is this not a health priority? Especially vaccinating health workers, food workers and other who might come in contact with vulnerable populations?
Since March 2017, CDC’s Division of Viral Hepatitis (DVH) has been assisting multiple state and local health departments with hepatitis A outbreaks, spread through person-to-person contact.
The hepatitis A vaccine is the
Shades of 2013?
FDA tested Kroger Private Selection frozen berries and they were found to be contaminated with hepatitis A.
In May the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced that it has begun spot testing frozen berries for hepatitis A and norovirus. The testing will last 18 months and commenced in November of last year.
Here is a great way to step on the National Doughnut Day message.
Health officials in New Jersey’s Gloucester County are warning Dunkin’ Donuts customers about possible Hepatitis A exposure and urging people to get vaccinated.
A worker at the Dunkin’ Donuts at 460 Hurffville-Crosskeys Rd. in Turnersville tested positive for the communicable liver disease,
One of my best lawyers lives in Kentucky. He makes Marler Clark within a few hours flight of anyone in the United Sates. But, what is happening in his home state makes me worry about him and his family. According to the Kentucky Department of Health, Kentucky’s latest death from hepatitis A reported this week
Vaccinating food service workers will not solve the entire problem – we need a nation-wide focus on homelessness and drug use as well.
According to a recent health warning, the CDC, multiple states across the country have reported outbreaks of hepatitis A (HAV), primarily among people who use drugs and people experiencing homelessness. Since the
Western Sizzlin’ in Ooltewah Tennessee closing due to Hepatitis A
In March, an employee at the Western Sizzlin’ in Ooltewah was diagnosed with hepatitis Aand on one Sunday, the health department gave out over 500 Hepatitis A vaccines. Now the restaurant is closing. A sign on the door explains that since the diagnosis was announced,
Or, ignore the issue, sicken your customers and be assured, you will be sued.
Fact from the CDC: “Since the hepatitis A outbreaks were first identified in 2016, more than 15,000 cases, 8,500 (57%) hospitalizations, and 140 deaths as a result of hepatitis A virus (HAV) infection have been reported.”
True, some of the above
From January 1, 2019 through January 31, 2019, 189 hepatitis A cases were reported in 26 counties.
The number of reported hepatitis A cases more than doubled from 2016 to 2017 after remaining relatively stable in previous years. Case counts in January 2019 are higher than those seen in January of previous years.
The number
HONOLULU, Hawaii – In October a preliminary settlement of $4,500,000 was reached on behalf of those exposed to Hepatitis A in correlation to Genki Sushi Restaurants. The court has extended the deadline for class members to submit a claim form to February 15, 2019. The class is represented by Marler Clark, the food safety
