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The Associated Press reports that a bartender at the Greenwich Village hotspot Socialista has been diagnosed with the highly infectious disease, which is spread through simple physical contact, such as shaking hands, a kiss on the cheek or merely touching an object like a glass or a bowl held by someone with the disease.

More than 700 people - many of them celebrities such as Kutcher's wife Demi Moore, Madonna, Gwyneth Paltrow and Bruce Willis - were reported to have attended the party, the wire service reported, although there was no confirmation that anyone had received a vaccination.

Hepatitis A is rarely fatal, the AP reports, but it can last a long time. It comes from faecal matter, and people exposed to it should get a vaccine injection within two weeks of exposure. – (HealthDay News) - February 2008

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