Liviahs New Liver: A Family Grapples With a Girls Puzzling Hepatitis
It was three days before Christmas, and Elizabeth Widders was perched in her upstairs bathroom, …
It was three days before Christmas, and Elizabeth Widders was perched in her upstairs bathroom, …
A 4-year-old in Ohio is one of hundreds of children worldwide who have developed unexplained liver problems in recent months.
The F.D.A. said the likely source of the outbreak was fresh organic strawberries that were sold under the FreshKampo and H-E-B brands in March and April.
The agency stressed that the disease was still very rare in children and that a cause had not been determined.
Officials are exploring the possibility that a common adenovirus might be responsible for the unexplained cases, which remain rare.
Alabama has reported that nine children under 10 had the rare condition, and a few suffered liver failure. Similar cases were reported in North Carolina, as well as in Britain and Israel.
The disease, which can take up to 30 years to advance to a life-threatening stage, …
The disease, which can take up to 30 years to advance to a life-threatening stage, …
But it has since emerged that between August 2017 and March 2018, the nurse was …