Hepatitis News

According to an inquiry report issued following the directives of Peshawar High Court, patients were treated with infected instruments during their dialysis due to which they were stricken by hepatitis.

The Sacramento County Division of Public Health and Environmental Management Department and the California Department of Public Health issued a health alert Tuesday in connection with an outbreak of hepatitis A believed to be associated with Townsend Farms Organic Antioxidant Blend frozen berries purchased from Costco and possibly at other retail ... (more)

Soshiho-tang is a traditional Korean, Chinese, and Japanese medicine, which has been used to treat various conditions, including hepatitis, liver cirrhosis, and chronic and acute liver disease.

A nationwide outbreak of hepatitis A linked to frozen berries has sickened 118 people in eight states, sending 47 to the hospital, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported Tuesday.

Many women know that getting a Pap test regularly from their health care provider is a good way to check for signs of cervical cancer, the second most common cancer in women worldwide.

While pro-vaccinators continue to urge the use of vaccines to prevent disease, research does not support the theory that vaccines protect against illness.

Today in New York the World Hepatitis Fund launched a bold new initiative to harness the power of social media to educate, diagnose and treat the nearly two hundred million people worldwide who have contracted Hepatitis C. Hepatitis C, also known as the silent killer is the leading cause of liver cancer and the need for liver transplantation.

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Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings today announced that it is offering the COBAS AmpliPrep/COBAS TaqMan HCV Test, v2.0. With enhanced sensitivity, this quantitative viral load assay for Hepatitis C virus enables more accurate assessments of response to antiviral therapy.

According to CNN , hepatitis A outbreaks from Costco frozen fruit have grown from 34 cases to 87 cases in one week.

The Colorado Dept. of Public Health & Environment has confirmed 12 cases of Hepatits A linked to Townsend Farms Organic Antioxidant Blend frozen berries, sold at Costco stores.

A lawsuit has been filed in Yolo County Superior Court against Townsend Farms, the Oregon producer of a frozen berry blend that has been subject to recall.

Evo's Coffee Lounge customers who consumed a "Radically Free" smoothie from the Ashland coffeehouse between May 17 and June 12 of this year may have been exposed to hepatitis A, Jackson County Health Department officials reported.

The Marin County Department of Health and Human Services is still monitoring concerns about acute hepatitis A proliferation tied to consumption of frozen berries from the Costco store in Novato, but no local cases have been reported.

The latest issue of the Alimentary Pharmacology & Therapeutics examines the association between serological and dietary vitamin D levels and hepatitis C-related liver disease risk differs in African American and white males.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that about 3 million Americans have hepatitis C, and of that population, most are baby boomers or people born from 1945-1965.

Townsend Farms in Fairview recalled its Organic Antioxidant Blend in a hepatitis A outbreak that's sickened nearly 100 so far.

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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has launched Know Hepatitis B, a campaign to increase testing for hepatitis B among Asian-Americans and Pacific Islanders.

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