Hepatitis A -- United States
Puerto Rico's largest public hospital is reporting an outbreak of hepatitis A. The director of the island's Medical Services Administration says at least 26 cases have been reported among employees at the Centro Medico in Rio Piedras. Irving Jimenez said [Wed 22 Jun 2016], that it appears the employees all had bought food from an unlicensed street vendor.
Officials say that no patients so far have been infected.
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