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Thirty-Seven Sick, Thirty Hospitalized, Eleven Months of Illnesses: The Hepatitis A Clam Outbreak Nobody Talked About
By Bill Marler
There is an open multistate hepatitis A outbreak in this country linked to imported frozen clams, and unless you read outbreak pages for a living you have almost certainly never…
Food Safety News
Initial source unknown in Dutch hepatitis A outbreak
Scientists have been unable to pinpoint the route of contamination in a hepatitis A outbreak traced to blueberries.Twenty-four patients in the Netherlands became ill from November 2024 to February 2025…
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When the CDC Warns Americans About Hepatitis A in Canada, It’s Time to Talk About Vaccinating Food Workers
By Bill Marler
We are used to seeing CDC travel notices for hepatitis A attached to destinations with limited sanitation infrastructure. We are not used to seeing one attached to Canada. Yet on…
Food Poison Journal
Hepatitis A Outbreaks in the United States Linked to Food or Food-Service Workers
By Brian Ernst
This list covers documented U.S. hepatitis A outbreaks since 2000 in which the implicated source was a contaminated food product or an infected food-service worker. The CDC estimates that roughly 5% of hepatitis…
Food Poison Journal
Widespread Hepatitis A Outbreak in Homeless Population in US
Though having slowed in recent months, several recent widespread hepatitis A outbreaks have affected states across the country, including long-term outbreaks in California and Michigan, and more recently Utah, Colorado…
Food Poison Journal
Public Health Alerts Community of Possible Exposure to Hepatitis A at Tam O’Shanter RestaurantĀ
The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health is investigating a report of hepatitis A virus infection in an employee of Tam O'Shanter Restaurant at 2980 Los Feliz Boulevard in…
Food Poison Journal
Hepatitis A Outbreak continues in LA Homeless
By Bruce Clark
The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health declared a communitywide outbreak of hepatitis A virus infections in Los Angeles residents in May 2025. The infection is caused by the…
Food Poison Journal
What you need to know about Hepatitis A During an Outbreak
By Bill Marler
https://youtu.be/JfubNaF1aac?si=46Lo7HmDanG5BZ24 Exposure to the hepatitis A virus (HAV) can lead to an acute liver infection that is typically mild and self-resolving. The symptoms and duration of illness can vary widely,…
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Pepper Creek Pizza & Pasta and Sea Monkey Coffee linked to Hepatitis A
By Bill Marler
Vancouver Coastal Health is notifying people who consumed food from a second location on the Sunshine Coast — Pepper Creek Pizza & Pasta (4330 Sunshine Coast Hwy., Sechelt) — about…
Food Safety News
Publisher’s Platform: World Hepatitis Day is a good reminder to vaccinate food service workers
By Bill Marler
Letter to the CDC’s Committee on Immunization Practices – It is time to deal with Hepatitis A and Food Service Workers Dear ACIP Secretariat: The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) provides advice…