CDC seeks answers after 6 kids die from hepatitis outbreak that has spread to 36 states

The CDC said the outbreak has expanded to 180 reported youth patients across 36 states and territories over the past seven months.

You’ve likely heard of hepatitis C, a disease intravenous drug users have contracted from using needles unsafely. But hepatitis is much more complex.A spreading hepatitis outbreak that killed six children has infectious disease experts scrambling to find answers.outbreak of the liver disease has expandedThe number of cases increased by 71 in two weeks, but the CDC said most of those were"retrospective" patients who may have been ill weeks or months earlier.

"Not all are recent, and some may ultimately wind up not being linked to this current investigation," the CDC said in a statement. The agency said testing ruled out some of the viruses that commonly cause hepatitis. Jay Butler, CDC deputy director for infectious diseases, said at a briefing that no common exposures or other patterns had been discovered. Lab tests are conducted to look more closely at the virus genome and other potential pathogens, such as SARS-CoV-2 – the coronavirus that causes COVID-19.

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