California declares state of emergency over deadly hepatitis A outbreak

By News on the Net -- CBS News —— Bio and Archives October 14, 2017

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SACRAMENTO -- California Gov. Jerry Brown declared a state of emergency Friday due to a lack of vaccines in a deadly hepatitis A outbreak in several California counties, CBS Los Angeles reports. The declaration allows the state to "increase its supply of hepatitis A vaccines in order to control the current outbreak," Gov. Brown said in a statement.-- More..