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  • VA: As Hepatitis A cases are increasing in Roanoke, health officials recommend getting vaccinated

    Source: https://www.wdbj7.com/2022/07/18/hep...ng-vaccinated/

    As Hepatitis A cases are increasing in Roanoke, health officials recommend getting vaccinated
    By Isabella Ledonne
    Published: Jul. 18, 2022 at 6:31 PM EDT|Updated: 44 minutes ago

    ROANOKE, Va. (WDBJ) - The number of Hepatitis A cases in Roanoke now sits at 76 since the beginning of January. Billy’s restaurant in downtown Roanoke had the most recent outbreak on Friday.

    A waitress told WDBJ7 on Monday the restaurant is offering all employees free Hepatitis A vaccines after Friday’s outbreak. The Virginia Department of Health stated because the infected employee didn’t handle food, customers who ate at the restaurant aren’t at risk.

    Billy’s is now the fourth restaurant in the Roanoke Health District to have a positive case of Hepatitis A. The district health director for Roanoke City and Allegheny Health Districts explained the community is seeing an epidemic.

    “We are definitely in an epidemic,” Cynthia Morrow said. “The term ‘outbreak’ is more specific when you can identify the specific time frames, locations and sub groups, so outbreaks are types of epidemics.”...

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    Source: https://www.wfxrtv.com/news/health/r...-a-cases-rise/

    Health Districts push for vaccinations as hepatitis A cases rise
    by: Amanda Lee, Emaryi Williams
    Posted: Jul 20, 2022 / 09:48 AM EDT
    Updated: Jul 20, 2022 / 09:51 AM EDT


    ROANOKE, Va. (WFXR) — On Tuesday morning, Dr. Cynthia Morrow — the director of the Roanoke City and Alleghany Health Districts (RCAHD) — held a briefing to discuss a hepatitis A outbreak in the region, as well as ways that community members can protect themselves from the virus.

    According to Morrow, there have been 77 confirmed cases of hepatitis A — including 56 hospitalizations — within the health districts since the beginning of January. Many of those infections were reported in the Star City area...

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