Rospotrebnadzor posted on its website a message stating that the medical service of the American city of San Diego, located in the state of California, announced an increase in the level of the threat of epidemic spread of hepatitis A. "At the beginning of September in a spontaneous settlement of homeless people in the city of San Diego, a diagnosis of hepatitis A was detected in 379 people, 15 of whom died. Municipal authorities of the city are carrying out large-scale measures to clean and disinfect the territory where homeless people live. City and state authorities blame each other for this situation. According to statistics, the real outbreak of hepatitis A is the largest in the last 20 years, "the report says.. Rospotrebnadzor also notes that on August 30, the Ministry of Health of the State of Colorado reported that 54 cases (including one with a fatal outcome) of hepatitis A infection of men who had injected drugs and had sex with men were documented.

In 2016, researchers from the Imperial College of London and the University of Washington found that viral hepatitis has become one of the leading causes of death and disability across the globe. Scientists have calculated that the number of years lost from hepatitis, which is obtained by subtracting from the maximum possible life expectancy of the death, only in 2013 is 41 million. Researchers believe that it is necessary to take international measures and improve the modern world health system in order to solve this global problem.

Original article: Russians warned of hepatitis outbreaks in the US.