By David Wetzel New York (Knewz) — A hepatitis outbreak in children of uknown causes is being investigated by the Centers for Disease Control. On May 18, the CDC noted that it’s working with health departments and clinicians across the United States to investigate 180 pediatric cases of hepatitis in 36 states in the past seven months. There has been an increase of 71 cases of a hepatitis outbreak in children since 109 were reported on May 5. “While this may appear to be a large increase in patients under investigation over the last two weeks, it’s important to understand that the vast majority…