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A sixth child has died in the United States from puzzling liver inflammation—aka hepatitis—and the number of unexplained cases has risen to 180 across 36 states, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
The latest death was announced in a press briefing Friday, led by CDC Deputy Director for Infectious Diseases Jay Butler, who said it was reported to the agency Thursday. He did not indicate in which state the death occurred.
In addition to the deaths, 15 of the 180 cases required liver transplants, Butler reported. The cases all occurred in children under the age of 10 but skewed to preschool-age children, with the median age being around 2 years.
The latest US tallies feed into a global phenomenon that now includes over 600 cases across 31 countries, including 15 deaths. But, despite the growing numbers, international health experts are still scrambling to understand what's behind the illnesses after eliminating the most obvious possibilities, such as hepatitis viruses A, B, C, D, and E.
Previously:
CDC Raises Alarm of Mysterious Hepatitis Cases in Kids; 2 States Report Cases
(Score: 5, Informative) by Thexalon on Wednesday May 25 2022, @03:42AM (1 child)
Let me see, we have:
War - most notably in Ukraine, but also Syria and Yemen and a bunch of other places.
Pestilence - I mean, duh.
Famine - not fully set in yet, but lots of reasons to think it's coming.
Death - at least a couple of million from Covid, wars, and climate change, and it's getting worse.
Our so-called "leaders" have been very busy with either trying to cash in or simply ignore the problems. And praying isn't going to get us out of this mess, because that's never actually worked. Our main hope is that ordinary people use whatever time or resources they can get their hands on to do whatever they can to address these problems.
If, for instance, you have fertile land to your name, and no laws stopping you, I'd recommend planting food crops now. Well, actually a few weeks ago, but now's the next-best time to do it. Even if you aren't really good at it, it's still worth a try (potatoes are probably the easiest to start with). Think about whatever you're getting from long distances away on a regular basis, and make a plan for what happens if it's not going to show up. And help your friends and neighbors do the same things, because the last thing you want is desperate and likely-armed neighbors.
The only thing that stops a bad guy with a compiler is a good guy with a compiler.
(Score: 3, Interesting) by EvilSS on Wednesday May 25 2022, @02:41PM