liver disease

Health officials remain perplexed by mysterious cases of severe liver damage in hundreds of young children around the world.

The mysterious severe hepatitis outbreak afflicting children worldwide has now hit 25 U.S. states, with reports of possible cases coming in from two dozen others — New York included.

The mysterious severe hepatitis outbreak afflicting children worldwide has now hit 25 U.S. states, with reports of possible cases coming in from two dozen others — New York included — since the CDC confirmed nine in Alabama last month, the federal health agency said in a conference call update on Friday. Neither New Jersey nor Connecticut is included in the…

In this U.S., the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has only confirmed cases in Alabama thus far, the agency said in a statement to NBC News on Thursday, though other cases are being investigated.

The World Health Organization says at least one death has been reported in connection with a mysterious liver disease outbreak affecting children in Europe and the United States

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued a public health alert to physicians nationwide, asking doctors to be on the look out for unusual cases of severe liver disease in children.

Since the pandemic shutdowns began last March, hospitals have seen an increase in patients with liver disease by as much as 50 percent, according to a study by the Kaiser Family Foundation. Doctors say people are “drink[ing] themselves to death” due to the stress and social isolation caused by the coronavirus pandemic, including a lack of in-person support from AA...