Researchers are studying a mysterious spate of hepatitis cases among children in the U.K., the U.S. and Europe, with a possible link to the viruses that cause the common cold and Covid-19
Infection with an adenovirus, the cause of colds and other common illnesses, is seen as a possible factorPublic-health authorities in the U.S., the U.K. and elsewhere in Europe are investigating dozens of mysterious cases of severe hepatitis among young children.
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has said it is working with public-health officials in Alabama to probe the cause of nine cases of hepatitis in children ages 1 to 6 years old that have been reported in the state since October. In the U.K., public-health authorities are probing 108 cases since January, all in children ages 10 and younger.
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