Personal Injury Law

Kentucky Says Hepatitis A Outbreak Is At Tennessee Lake

By Marler Clark LLP

Cherokee Lake in Hawkins County, Tennessee is apparently Ground Zero for the Hepatitis A outbreak we reported on in the previous post.   The neighboring  Kentucky River District Health Department says there have been eight confirmed cases of hepatitis A from people who live in or have recently visited the Tennessee lake.

The health department is offering hepatitis A vaccines to anyone who has been to the lake since May 14th.  “If you get vaccinated it can prevent this virus from happening even after exposure. It’s a very serious virus and it needs to be treated,” Kentucky River District Health Department’s Renee Neace said.

Full post as published by Hepatitis Blog on May 31, 2008 (boomark / email).