The Alabama Doc Who Sounded the Alarm on Unusual Hepatitis in Kids
On a mid-October day in Birmingham, Alabama, Markus Buchfellner, MD, examined a young child admitted to Children’s of Alabama with symptoms of vomiting, diarrhea and, most notably, a severe case of jaundice. It was the first in a series of mysterious cases that would lead to a CDC investigation. “These kids just looked yellow; eyes, […]