California's Hepatitis A Outbreak Is the Future Poking Us in the Face
b'It wasn\\u2019t just that people were getting sick\\u2014it was who. And how many. Hepatitis A is a viral disease that primarily attacks the liver, and if it gets serious\\u2014as it can in the elderly and immune-compromised people\\u2014it can be fatal. But the graph of cases in the US over time looks like the second, fun half of a roller coaster ride. In the early 1970s, nearly 10,000 people a year got it. By the mid-1980s, the number was half that.\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices'