Hepatitis A case rates fell 95.5% from 1996 to 2011, according to the CDC, but a resurgence was recorded starting in 2016 “due to widespread outbreaks among persons reporting drug use and ...

Hepatitis A may not be on your radar, but with the current LA County outbreak, you may want to reacquaint yourself with this highly contagious virus.

In 2024, 165 hepatitis A cases were confirmed in LA County, which is three times the number of cases reported in 2023. Hepatitis A is a highly contagious liver infection caused by the hepatitis A ...

Hepatitis C can now be cured in most cases with antiviral medication. Yet in the U.S., only a fraction of people who are found to be infected promptly start treatment.

In 2024, LA County reported 165 hepatitis A cases, three times the number from 2023. In 2025, 29 cases have been confirmed, mostly among individuals without travel or housing risk factors.

Hepatitis A is transmitted fecal-orally, person to person or through other items such as food, health officials said. Symptoms of acute hepatitis A include fever, malaise, dark urine, anorexia ...

Health officials said today that Los Angeles County has a hepatitis A outbreak based on two “community-acquired” cases that cannot be traced back to San Diego County or Santa Cruz.

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There is a hepatitis A outbreak in LA County. Why you need to know By . Katia Hetter. Updated May 15, 2025, 5:13 PM ET. PUBLISHED May 15, 2025, 12:38 PM ET. Video Ad Feedback.

The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health has declared a local outbreak of hepatitis A after the most recent new cases of the disease appear to have been locally acquired.