The World Health Organization has identified 74 cases of severe, acute hepatitis — inflammation of the liver — among children across the United Kingdom, it said in a news release Friday. Alabama health officials released a separate statement Friday in which they said they have been investigating similar cases of hepatitis in kids in the
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Fibrosis-4 index (FIB-4) scores are strongly associated with severe liver disease outcomes in a primary care population, both in patients with known chronic liver disease and those without known CLD. The result could help identify patients with CLD before their condition becomes severe. FIB-4 has previously shown utility in predicting the risk of advanced fibrosis