Metro Public Health Department officials announced on Friday details of a hepatitis A outbreak occurring in Nashville.
Health department officials said there have been 14 confirmed cases of acute hepatitis A in Nashville since Dec. 1, 2017.
The Metro Public Health Department is working with the Tennessee Department of Health on efforts to control the outbreak.
Large hepatitis A outbreaks have been occurring since early 2017 in several other states, including ongoing outbreaks in Kentucky and Indiana, spreading from person to person primarily among people who are homeless and people who use drugs.
The health department will be offering free hepatitis A vaccines beginning Tuesday at all three health centers to those most at risk.
Hepatitis Outbreak in Nashville
May 28, 2018 | 5:00 AM