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CDC Issues a Health Alert About Parvovirus: What Is It?

Around 10 percent of Americans had an infection in June, marking a threefold increase.
CDC Issues a Health Alert About Parvovirus: What Is It?
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Marina Zhang
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The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued a health alert on Wednesday about an increase in human parvovirus B19 infections.

Between 2022 and 2024, only around 3 percent of the U.S. population had immunoglobulin M (IgM) antibodies to parvoviruses, indicating that only that amount of the population had been infected with parvovirus. But in June 2024, the number grew to 10 percent.

Marina Zhang
Marina Zhang
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Marina Zhang is a health reporter for The Epoch Times. She covers both health news and in-depth features on emerging health issues. Marina holds a bachelor's degree in biomedicine from the University of Melbourne. Contact her at [email protected].
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