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CDC Issues Nationwide Alert After Hepatitis Outbreak Of Unknown Origin CDC Issues Nationwide Alert After Hepatitis Outbreak Of Unknown Origin
CDC Issues Nationwide Alert After Hepatitis Outbreak Of Unknown Origin The Centers for Disease Control & Prevention has issued a national alert to doctors over a mystery hepatitis outbreak. The CDC notified clinicians and public health authorities on Thursday, April 21 about a cluster of children identified with hepatitis and adenovirus infection, asking all physicians to be on the lookout for symptoms and to report any suspected cases of hepatitis of unknown origin to their local and state health departments. The CDC said it is currently working with the Alabama Department of Public Health to investigate a cluster of nine cases of hepatitis of unknown ori…

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COVID-19: New Symptoms Now Showing Up In Young Patients, With Many Having No Fever COVID-19: New Symptoms Now Showing Up In Young Patients, With Many Having No Fever
Covid-19: New Symptoms Now Showing Up In Young Patients, With Many Having No Fever New symptoms are now being reported among young people who are testing positive for the novel strain of the coronavirus (COVID-19). In addition, some of them, mainly in their 20s and 30s, have not had a fever -- perhaps the telltale COVID symptom. There have been multiple reports of young patients experiencing abdominal pain, according to doctors in states experiencing spikes in cases. Abdominal pain had not been named as a symptom prior to the start of the increase in cases, mainly in states in the south and west. Headaches, another symptom now being seen more frequently, was not on the …

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by Joe Lombardi