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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: 0, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday May 25 2022, @07:44AM (3 children)
I will say it, JoeMerchant is making shit up again. They won't find such an article because TFA correctly states that the primary suspect is Ad41.
The US CDC says, "Some other causes have been ruled out for the children in Alabama, including: The virus that causes COVID-19" and "Investigators are examining a possible relationship to adenovirus type 41 infection."https://www.cdc.gov/ncird/investigation/hepatitis-unknown-cause/overview-what-to-know.html
The EU CDC goes into more detail by stating, "the current leading hypothesis is that a co-factor affecting young children having an adenovirus infection [...] triggers a more severe infection or immune-mediated liver damage." https://www.ecdc.europa.eu/en/increase-severe-acute-hepatitis-cases-unknown-aetiology-children [europa.eu]
Could it still turn out to be a SARS-CoV-2 infection? Yes, it very well could be. But leaving open the possibility is a far cry from saying that it is "the leading suspect." Unless you want to just make up shit for whatever reason.
(Score: 1, Flamebait) by JoeMerchant on Wednesday May 25 2022, @02:00PM (2 children)
https://lmgtfy.app/?q=covid+link+to+hepatitis [lmgtfy.app]
Україна досі не є частиною Росії Слава Україні🌻 https://news.stanford.edu/2023/02/17/will-russia-ukraine-war-end
(Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday May 25 2022, @10:09PM (1 child)
I'd suggest working on your reading comprehension.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday May 26 2022, @03:24AM
Rather than literal trolling, maybe you could use your gargantuan intellect to explain how the linked article does not connect hepatitis with covid?