Worldwide Hepatitis in children

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Scientists identify likely cause of mysterious children's liver disease

• New research suggests that a lack of exposure to two common viruses during the Covid-19 pandemic may have increased the chances of children becoming severely ill with acute hepatitis.
• Two research teams said that lockdown restrictions could have led some infants to miss out on early immunity to both adenovirus and the newly linked adeno-associated virus 2 (AAV2).
• Crucially, both teams said they found no evidence of a direct link between the spike in hepatitis cases and coronavirus infection, the cause of Covid-19.

 

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2004

SARS vaccine linked to liver damage in ferret study

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Dec 6, 2004 (CIDRAP News) – Researchers in Canada who found hepatitis in ferrets after injecting the animals with an experimental vaccine for SARS (severe acute respiratory syndrome) are urging caution as other investigators develop and test SARS vaccines.

As reported in the November issue of the Journal of Virology, the study involved a vaccine developed by senior author Jingxin Cao, PhD, of the Public Health Agency of Canada's National Microbiological Laboratory in Winnipeg, Man. Cao had created a vaccine from recombinant modified vaccinia virus Ankara (rMVA) and the distinctive spike protein that marks the SARS coronavirus (SARS-CoV). The trial vaccine is called rMVA-S.

 

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Cough syrups may be linked to more than 300 child deaths: World Health Organization

The World Health Organization is investigating the possible connection between contaminated cough syrups and the over 300 children who have died as a result of using the spoiled medication last yea…

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The World Health Organization is investigating a possible connection between contaminated cough syrups and the over 300 children who died after using the spoiled medication last year.