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It's often associated with drinking too much alcohol, but that is often not the case

It emerged on Thursday that the number of cases of children in Ireland 'with hepatitis of unknown cause' has risen to 12 as the global outbreak continues to spread. Parents are being advised to be aware of the common symptoms

PHILADELPHIA — The children typically show up at hospitals scattered across the country, one or two at a time, with symptoms like unexplained vomiting, diarrhea and jaundice. These are the classic signs of hepatitis — inflammation of the liver — yet in many cases, no cause is ever identified.

An outbreak of hepatitis A in the United States and Canada has potentially been linked to organic strawberries. What could this mean for the UK?

The U.S. and Canadian governments have traced recent outbreaks of hepatitis A infections to organic strawberries sold at major supermarket chains.

The virus is likely to have spread due to contaminated organic strawberries sold between March 5 and April 25.

Several U.S. and Canadian agencies are investigating whether two brands of organic strawberries may be to blame for a Hepatitis A outbreak that’s so far hit two states and Canada.

U.S. and Canadian regulators are investigating a hepatitis outbreak that may be linked to fresh organic strawberries