Employee in New York Store May Have Spread Hepatitis A
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}The Westchester Health Department says some patrons of a New York doughnut shop may have been exposed to hepatitis A by an infected employee.
Hepatitis A, a liver infection, is rarely serious. But the county is offering free post-exposure treatment.
Acting Health Commissioner Dr. Cheryl Archbald says customers may have been exposed if they had any iced drinks between March 28 and April 6 at a combined Dunkin' Donuts and Baskin Robbins shop on Washington Street in Peekskill.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Department spokeswoman Caren Halbfinger said the employee may have reached into the ice machine with bare hands while he was infected.
Symptoms of hepatitis A can include fatigue, fever, poor appetite, abdominal pain, diarrhea, dark urine and yellowing of the skin and eyes.