Hepatitis A is usually not a problem to recover from. But in Michigan, 27 people died since this outbreak began.

USA Today Network
May 29, 2018

Kristen Jordan Shamus, Detroit Free Press

Hepatitis A is usually not a problem to recover from. But in Michigan, 27 people died since this outbreak began.

WARREN, Mich.— Michigan is in the throes of the largest hepatitis A outbreak in the USA, a flareup that began in August 2016 and has killed 27 people, state health officials say.

The hepatitis A virus, which attacks the liver, is highly contagious. Just ask Christopher Larime ,46, of Grosse Pointe Park, who goes out to lunch most days with co-workers from the General Motors Tech Center here.

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