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Vaccinations Against Hepatitis A to Be Offered |
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| San Diego Union-Tribune |
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| August 19, 2009 |
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| "Officials with the beach conservation
group Wildcoast report that San Diego University researchers have found
hepatitis A in water samples taken near the Imperial Beach pier. In
response, representatives of Wildcoast and the Imperial Beach Health Center
will conduct an informational outreach on Saturday, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., to
inform beach visitors of the potential of infection from the water and to
schedule free hepatitis A vaccinations..." |
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Number of Hepatitis A Cases Now at 30 |
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| Quad City Times |
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| August 13, 2009 |
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| "The 30th case of hepatitis A from a
summer outbreak of the disease in the Quad-City region this summer was
reported today. The Illinois Department of Public Health and the Rock Island
County Health Department reported the total number of cases, saying they are
all related to people who visited a McDonald's restaurant at 400 W. 1st St.,
Milan, Ill., this summer..." |
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| McDonald's Worker May Have Exposed 10,000 to Hepatitis A |
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| Fox News |
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| July 20, 2009 |
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| "Officials are offering free preventive treatment to people possibly exposed to hepatitis A at a McDonald's restaurant near the Quad Cities. Kevin Murphy operates the McDonald's restaurant in Milan. He says the restaurant learned from health officials on July 13 that one of his workers had been diagnosed with the virus. That worker was diagnosed June 17..." |
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Panel Widens Recommendations on Hepatitis A Jab |
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| Reuters |
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| February 25, 2009 |
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| "U.S. citizens who expect to have
close contact with an adopted child from countries with high rates of
hepatitis A should be immunized if they have not been already, U.S.
immunization advisers said on Wednesday. The Advisory Committee on
Immunization Practices, which advises the U.S. Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention, said unvaccinated people who will have close
contact with such a child should get the vaccine within 60 days of the
adoptee's arrival in the United States..." |
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| Clinic on Wheels Called a Success 1385 People Received Hepatitis A Booster |
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| Buffalo News (NY) |
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| September 22, 2008 |
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| "A total of 1,385 people received the hepatitis A vaccine in Amherst on Sept. 13, and most never got out of their cars. Instead, they were funneled through an Amherst town highway garage and received a hepatitis booster shot by sticking their arms out of car windows. The event provided a public service. But its main purpose was to see if a drive-through emergency response program using real patients and real vaccine could succeed on a large scale. Bottom line: It can. In fact, while the event had some glitches, it was successful enough to gain praise from affiliates with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the University at Albany School of Public Health..." |
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| Angered Patients Vent to Lawmakers Over Hepatitis Scare |
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| Las Vegas Eyewitness News |
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| March 25, 2008 |
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| "Victims of medical negligence were given a voice Monday night in front of state lawmakers. One by one their stories were told -- from fear to confirmation that some were among the patients that did contract hepatitis C From a clinic that practiced poor procedures..." |
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