Hepatitis A — United States
State health officials are alerting the public about a rise in cases of hepatitis A, a vaccine-preventable disease. The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services says there’s been an 8-fold increase in the cases of hepatitis A over the past year in southeast Michigan. From [1 Aug 2016] to [21 Mar 2017], officials say 107 cases of laboratory-confirmed hepatitis A have been reported in Macomb, Oakland, and Wayne counties, and the city of Detroit.
Ages of the cases range from 22 to 86
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