Kim, Hyun SueTorres, Jordan LydiaBaffoe-Bonnie, Anthony2024-01-222024-01-222022-04-122328-8957PMC9253892ofac185 (PII)https://hdl.handle.net/10919/117423The risk for secondary infection from hepatitis A-infected food handlers to patrons is deemed as low. Thus, hepatitis A vaccination is not specifically recommended for persons who handle food in the absence of other risk factors in the United States. We describe an ongoing food handler-associated hepatitis A outbreak in southwest Virginia and recommend policy changes that will incentivize food industry employers to embrace broader food handler hepatitis A vaccination.2 page(s)application/pdfenCreative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 Internationalfood handlershepatitis AvaccinationTime to Reconsider Hepatitis A Vaccination in Food Handlers: Are We Seeing More Outbreaks and Severe Disease?ArticleOpen Forum Infectious Diseaseshttps://doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofac18597Baffoe-Bonnie, Anthony [0000-0002-6316-7719]357949422328-8957