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 list of states that have submitted cases to the CDC for investigation. It wasn’t clear from the CDC’s update how many potential case reports are linked to the Empire State either.
Altogether, the CDC said it is now investigating 109 pediatric patients for possible infection linked to the outbreak.
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