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The Canadian Food Inspection Agency is looking into whether frozen organic strawberries that have been linked to a hepatitis A outbreak in the United States were also sold in Canada. Since mid-March, several brands of frozen organic strawberries have been recalled across the U.S. over concerns of hepatitis A infections. …
Read More »Viral infections, genetic factors may be linked to mystery hepatitis in kids, studies suggest
As scientists around the world are racing to understand what caused a spate of so-far unexplained cases of hepatitis in children — including some who needed liver transplants — two new U.K. studies are offering fresh clues. In both papers, an unusual virus called adeno-associated virus-2 (AAV2) is implicated as …
Read More »Why COVID is a key suspect in severe hepatitis cases in kids worldwide
This is an excerpt from Second Opinion, a weekly health and medical science newsletter. If you haven’t subscribed yet, you can do that by clicking here. Unexplained severe acute hepatitis cases among children continue to emerge in Canada and around the world, and while health officials desperately search for a cause of …
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