Theories emerge for mysterious liver illnesses in children


              FILE - Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Deputy Director for Infectious Diseases Jay C. Butler speaks during a COVID-19 briefing at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention headquarter campus in Atlanta, Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2020. Health officials remain perplexed by mysterious cases of severe liver damage in hundreds of young children around the world. “This is an evolving situation,” said Butler, in a call with reporters on Friday, May 20, 2022. (Alyssa Pointer/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP, File)
            
              FILE - Kids are silhouetted against a pond at a park in Lenexa, Kan., on Saturday, Dec. 26, 2020. Health officials remain perplexed by mysterious cases of severe liver damage in hundreds of young children around the world. In May 2022, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention officials said they are now looking into 180 possible cases across the U.S. More than 20 other countries have reported hundreds more cases in total, though the largest numbers have been in the U.K. and U.S. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, File)
Theories emerge for mysterious liver illnesses in children