WSU study shows sharp rise in severe, alcohol-related liver injury during pandemic
Researchers are examining the indirect impacts the pandemic had on liver health.
COURTESY GRAPHIC/CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL
SEATTLE — A boom in alcohol sales during the pandemic appears to have had dire consequences for some as hospital admissions for alcohol-related hepatitis, a life-threatening liver inflammation, increased dramatically, according to a study of national hospitalization data.
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