USA's hep A count exceeds 25,000

The case count in the 30 month-long hepatitis A outbreak that has spread person-to-person across 30 states (two have declared an end to theirs) has risen above 25,000 (25,484 according to the CDC on Sept 6) – almost two-thirds of people infected have required hospitalisation. The death toll now sits at 254. Read more.

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