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Sixth Child in US Dies of Unexplained Hepatitis as Global Cases Top 600

posted by janrinok on Wednesday May 25 2022, @12:03AM   Printer-friendly

Freeman writes:

https://arstechnica.com/science/2022/05/cdc-reports-6th-child-death-from-unexplained-hepatitis-180-cases/

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

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  • (Score: 5, Informative) by Freeman on Wednesday May 25 2022, @02:42PM

    by Freeman (732) Subscriber Badge on Wednesday May 25 2022, @02:42PM (#1247736) Journal

    In this case, there's not much correlation either as a number of the kids who got it, never had a COVID vaccine.

    https://arstechnica.com/science/2022/04/cdc-warns-of-puzzling-hepatitis-cases-in-kids-cases-in-2-states-10-countries/ [arstechnica.com]

    And none of the cases in Scotland, where the first cases were widely reported, had received COVID-19 vaccines, eliminating that as a possible cause.

    Also, from another article:
    https://arstechnica.com/science/2022/05/cdc-reports-109-cases-of-puzzling-hepatitis-cases-in-kids-5-deaths/ [arstechnica.com]

    They've also ruled out COVID-19 vaccination as a possible cause, as most of the children have not been vaccinated—most are currently ineligible for vaccination due to their age. "COVID-19 vaccination is not the cause of these illnesses and we hope that this information helps clarify some of the speculation circulating online," Jay Butler, deputy director for Infectious Diseases at the CDC, said in a press briefing Friday.

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