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MILWAUKEE - An increase in severe hepatitis cases in children has Wisconsin health officials on alert. The Wisconsin Department of Health Services is investigating at least four cases in children, including one who needed a liver transplant and one who died. The four children also tested positive for adenovirus, according to DHS. "Hepatitis can be very severe," said Dr. Greg DeMuri, a professor in the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health. He specializes in pediatric infectious diseases. "Hepatitis is a liver infection, or inflammation of the liver, and most commonly that’s caused by a virus." SIGN UP TODAY: Get daily headlines, breaking news emails from FOX6 News That, doctors know. What they don’t know is why they’re seeing more he...

Which fruits are low in sugar? Fruit is a healthy way to add essential vitamins, minerals, fiber and water to your diet. Some fruits, including mangoes, grapes and bananas, have a higher content of natural sugars (fructose) than others. If you’re looking to control your sugar intake, or are on a low-sugar or low-carb diet, you may find it useful to know how much sugar is in your fruit.  While fruit can be a nutrient-rich addition to a healthy and balanced diet, many people aren’t aware that different fruits contain different amounts of sugar. Fruits like grapefruit, apples, blackberries, strawberries and raspberries are low in sugar, whilst mangoes, cherries, watermelon, bananas and grapes are all relatively high in natural sugar.  People with diabetes are often told they can’t eat ...

Colorado Infection comes amid worst outbreak of the virus in seven years but CDC says health risk to general public remains low An inmate in Colorado has become the first human in the US to test positive for the H5N1 strain of bird flu, amid the worst outbreak of the virus in seven years and a cull of millions of poultry in dozens of states.US egg factory roasts alive 5.3m chickens in avian flu cull – then fires almost every workerThe unnamed prisoner contracted the infection during a work release assignment at a farm in Montrose county where workers were euthanising an infected flock, the Colorado department of public health and environment said.The federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said the health risk to the general public remained low. “The patient reported fat...

USC professor outlines the characteristics of a “longevity diet” based on a range of nutrition research from studies in laboratory animals to epidemiological research in human populations. Professor Valter Longo leads a review of research in animals and humans to identify how nutrition affects aging and a healthy lifespan. According to University of Southern California (USC) Leonard Davis School of Gerontology Professor Valter Longo, examining a variety of nutrition research from studies in laboratory animals to epidemiological research in human populations offers a clearer picture of the ideal diet for a longer, healthier life. Published on April 28, 2022, in the journal Cell, in a research article that includes a literature review, Longo and coauthor Rozalyn Anderson of the ...

As the global climate continues to warm, scientists predict wild animals will be forced to relocate their habitats – likely to regions with large human populations. This will dramatically increase the risk of a viral jump to humans that could lead to the next major pandemic.  Researchers anticipate that as the earth’s temperature continues to warm, wild animals will be compelled to migrate their habitats – most likely to areas with dense human populations – drastically raising the danger of a viral jump to humans, which might lead to the next pandemic. This connection between climate change and viral transmission is described by an international research team led by scientists at Georgetown University in a paper entitled “Climate change increases cross-species viral transmission ...

DES MOINES, Iowa >> A Colorado prison inmate has become the first person in the U.S. to test positive for bird flu in a recent outbreak that has led to the deaths of millions of chickens and turkeys, but federal officials say they still see little threat to the general public. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Thursday evening that the infected man had been in a prerelease program and was helping to remove chickens from an infected farm. The man, who was under age 40, reported fatigue for a few days but has recovered, state health and CDC officials said in a statement. The man was isolated and is being treated with an antiviral drug. Other people involved in the bird removal operation in Colorado have tested negative, but they are being retested out of an ...

M Health Fairview is in the process of submitting these cases to the Minnesota Department of Health. MINNEAPOLIS — A pediatric doctor with M Health Fairview is reporting two cases of unexplained, severe hepatitis in children in Minnesota that appear to match similar cases around the globe. Dr. Heli Bhatt, a pediatric gastroenterologist and hepatologist with M Health Fairview Masonic Children’s Hospital, says a four-week-old baby received a liver transplant six months ago following unexplained, severe liver inflammation. Another, otherwise healthy child, is currently awaiting a liver transplant due to hepatitis with no known origin. M Health Fairview says one child is from Minnesota and the other is from South Dakota. ...

The man was in direct contact with infected poultry on a farm. April 29, 2022, 6:37 PM • 6 min read Share to FacebookShare to TwitterEmail this article A Colorado inmate is the first person in the United States to test positive for bird flu as an ongoing outbreak in the country continues to affect birds and poultry. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment said the man, who is under age 40, was involved in culling poultry that were presumed to be infected with the virus. According to a press release from the CDPHE, the man, an inmate at a state correctional facility in Delta County -- about 100 miles southwest of Aspen -- was exposed while working with infected poultry at a commercial farm in Montrose County, ...

Coronavirus infections are back on the rise in Los Angeles County with a 40% increase in cases over the past week, officials said Thursday. Local health officials have been continuing to monitor community-wide indicators for early alerts that transmission and risk may be increasing. And although the county remains at a “low concern” level this week, many metrics are trending in the wrong direction, the Public Health Department said Friday. The weekly case rate is now 126 new cases per 100,000 residents, meaning the county is again experiencing a high rate of transmission for the first time since early March. Hospitalizations are also slowly beginning to rise, Public Health Director Barbara Ferrer said, and although the numbers remain relatively low, they are incre...

On April 26, 2022, this report was posted online as an MMWR Early Release. In December 2021, the B.1.1.529 (Omicron) variant of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, became predominant in the United States. Subsequently, national COVID-19 case rates peaked at their highest recorded levels.* Traditional methods of disease surveillance do not capture all COVID-19 cases because some are asymptomatic, not diagnosed, or not reported; therefore, the proportion of the population with SARS-CoV-2 antibodies (i.e., seroprevalence) can improve understanding of population-level incidence of COVID-19. This report uses data from CDC’s national commercial laboratory seroprevalence study and the 2018 American Community Survey to examine U.S. trends in infection-induced SARS-CoV-2 seroprevalence dur...