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UK Supermarket ‘May Have Infected Thousands With Hepatitis E From Sausages and Ham’

A British study investigating hepatitis E (HEV) contagions among 60 patients with the disease found they may have gotten it from pork products sold by an unnamed supermarket, The Independent reports. Up to 200,000 people a year are infected with HEV in the U.K.; news reports said the pork products “may have infected thousands,” even though researchers cautioned that their study was carried out six years ago, and is just now being reported. It goes without saying that even...