Mystery liver disease: CDC investigates 5 children’s deaths, 109 illnesses

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Mystery liver disease: CDC investigates 5 children’s deaths, 109 illnesses
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According to the CDC, nearly all of the children infected have had to be hospitalized, with 14% needing liver transplants.

, Wisconsin health officials issued an alert after seeing “at least four similar cases” that resulted in the first child’s death related to the mysterious disease in the United States.

Of the children who have gotten sick, 14% have needed transplants, and nearly all of the children have had to be hospitalized,Globally, the World Health Organization said they had reports of almost 300 probable cases in 20 countries,The pediatric hepatitis illness was first seen in the United States in Alabama in November, but the list of states now reporting cases includes California, Colorado, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Louisiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri,...

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