- The CDC on Thursday issued a national alert to doctors over mystery hepatitis
- Children are coming down with liver inflammation but the cause is not clear
- Nine kids in Alabama were afflicted but didn’t have the common hepatitis virus
- In the UK, 108 children have been stricken, with eight requiring liver transplants
- Suspicion now centers on adenoviruses, a common family of mild infections
- UK experts believe that weakened immunity from lockdowns plays a role
U.S. health officials have sent out a nationwide alert warning doctors to be on the lookout for symptoms of unexplained hepatitis in kids, after clusters of mysterious cases in the US and UK.