Some recent reports from the U.S., U.K., and EU health organizations including the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, show that some children between 11 months and 13 years old have been diagnosed with hepatitis.
Hepatitis C is a contagious liver disease that can range in severity from mild and temporary to acute and lifelong.LONDON -- A rise in hepatitis cases among children is under investigation by experts.
Pediatric hepatitis cases were first reported in the U.K. with 10 cases report on April 5, according to the World Health Organization. However, WHO'sEuropean Centre for Disease Prevention and ControlMeanwhile, in the U.S., nine cases of acute hepatitis were in children between 1 and 6 years old in Alabama, according to the U.S. CDC. In a statement on April 21,
"But there is no information whether the cases are linked or if the disease is a contagious one," he added. "Of the confirmed cases, 49 are in England, 13 are in Scotland and the remainder are in Wales and Northern Ireland," the U.K. Health Security Agency wrote in its
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