Mexican authorities on Friday confirmed the country’s first child death from acute hepatitis of unknown origin; it is also the first known death from it in Latin America, as cases continue to rise internationally. The three-year-old boy, from the state of Hidalgo (central), had been treated and hospitalized in the capital, where he succumbed this […]
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USA: Health authorities are investigating 5 deaths of children from unexplained hepatitis
U.S. health officials say they are investigating 109 cases of unexplained hepatitis in children in the United States, five of which were fatal. These cases of severe inflammation of the liver were found in 25 US states and territories and the children with the disease are only two years old, said an official of the […]
Acute hepatitis: The average age of 3 years says the CDC
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) continues to investigate cases of acute hepatitis. In fact, on Friday he published new clinical details about some of the cases. According to the American network CNN, to date, at least 18 cases have been identified in 4 US states and dozens more in Europe. The […]
St. Kyriakidou: The EU is closely monitoring the situation with hepatitis cases in children
The European Union is closely monitoring the situation regarding hepatitis cases in children, said EU Commissioner for Health and Food Safety Stella Kyriakidou when asked by ΑΠΕ-ΜΠΕ during the press conference she gave after the meeting of the Commission of Commissioners. “It is a worrying situation. So far there are 40 confirmed cases in 12 […]
WHERE: At least one child succumbs to increased acute hepatitis cases in minors
The World Health Organization (WHO) announced on Saturday that at least one child had died amid rising cases of acute hepatitis from an unknown cause among minors; it had reported 169 cases in 12 countries. According to the organization, part of the UN system, until April 21, cases of acute hepatitis of unknown origin in […]
US – CDC: Doctors called to report suspected cases of hepatitis in children
U.S. health authorities have sounded the alarm, urging doctors across the United States to be vigilant about hepatitis C cases in children, which may be linked to a virus that causes the common cold, as part of a wider investigation into unexplained so far cases of serious illness developed by young children. Cases of hepatitis […]
ECDC: Cases of unknown pediatric hepatitis detected in 5 European countries
Cases of unknown pediatric hepatitis, first identified in the UK, have been detected in children in four other European countries, the European Center for Disease Control and Prevention (ECDC) announced today. “Following cases of unknown acute hepatitis detected by the British Health Insurance Agency in early April, ‘additional cases of children have been reported in […]