Hawaii News Now is reporting that the Hawaii State Health Department has confirmed another case of hepatitis A in a State Department of Transportation employee. Any Department of Transportation employee who may have been exposed to this person are being offered vaccinations. There is no word on whether or not that person handled food, or … Read more
Another food worker in Hawaii has been diagnosed with hepatitis A. A person who worked at Tamashiro Market at 802 North King Street in Kalihi on the island of Oahu is sick with the viral illness. The market closed on August 5, 2016 and will reopen when employees are tested and cleared. That person worked in … Read more
The hepatitis A outbreak in Hawaii has now sickened 135 people, according to the latest update from the Hawaii Department of Health. Forty-two new cases have been identified since July 26, 2016. All of the ill persons have been adults. Thirty-nine people have been hospitalized because their illnesses are so severe. The latest findings of … Read more
The Hawaii Department of Health has updated its investigation into the hepatitis A outbreak in that state. Now 93 people are sick with the viral infection. And another food handler on the island was diagnosed with the disease. Officials have still not identified the source of the outbreak. This illness has a long incubation period … Read more
The Hawaii State Department of Health issued a press release that confirms a second case of hepatitis A in a food workers. That person worked at the Taco Bell restaurant in Waipio at 94-790 Ukee Street. There is a hepatitis A outbreak in Hawaii that has sickened at least 52 people; now 53. State Epidemiologist … Read more