Source: http://www.good4utah.com/news/local-...unty/818347067
Hepatitis "A" outbreak in Salt Lake County
By: Randall Carlisle
Updated: Sep 25, 2017 05:53 PM MDT
SALT LAKE CITY (ABC4 Utah) There is now an outbreak of hepatitis A in Salt Lake County and health officials are working hard to prevent it from becoming an epidemic like it has in California.
San Diego has declared an emergency and officials there are power washing the streets with bleach after an epidemic has killed 16 people and made another 421 sick. 65% of those affected are homeless. Officials say it started with that population and spread.
Here's the ominous part of the story from Ilene Risk, head of epidemiology at the Salt Lake County Health Department. "It's been tested and we have the same type of hepatitis virus occurring here that's occurring in California."
She has confirmed 23 cases so far this year, most of them in the last two months. That compares to a yearly average of only 2 cases. Risk says 70% of them are homeless and a lot can be blamed on hygiene...
Hepatitis "A" outbreak in Salt Lake County
By: Randall Carlisle
Updated: Sep 25, 2017 05:53 PM MDT
SALT LAKE CITY (ABC4 Utah) There is now an outbreak of hepatitis A in Salt Lake County and health officials are working hard to prevent it from becoming an epidemic like it has in California.
San Diego has declared an emergency and officials there are power washing the streets with bleach after an epidemic has killed 16 people and made another 421 sick. 65% of those affected are homeless. Officials say it started with that population and spread.
Here's the ominous part of the story from Ilene Risk, head of epidemiology at the Salt Lake County Health Department. "It's been tested and we have the same type of hepatitis virus occurring here that's occurring in California."
She has confirmed 23 cases so far this year, most of them in the last two months. That compares to a yearly average of only 2 cases. Risk says 70% of them are homeless and a lot can be blamed on hygiene...
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