A mysterious liver disease infecting kids across Europe and the US has now killed at least 1 child
The mysterious outbreak of hepatitis spreading across Europe and the US has killed at least one child.
On Saturday, the World Health Organization announced that "at least one death has been reported," among the 169 hepatitis cases the agency has identified since early April.
So far, this liver-inflaming condition has hit at least 11 European countries and two US states. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention told Insider in an email that this first recorded death was not a US case, but said the agency has recieved "additional reports" of cases from other US jurisdictions since its advisory went out late last week, and it is evaluating them.
It's still unclear exactly what's causing this hepatitis, but disease detectives worldwide suspect that a virus called adenovirus 41 may be the trigger for this liver inflammation in children. At least 17 of the patients, who've ranged in age from 1 month to 16 years old, have required liver transplants so far. ...