http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. (AP)—The United Nations says an outbreak of hepatitis E has killed 111 refugees in camps in South Sudan since July, and has become endemic in the region. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-hepatitis-sudan.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Fri, 15 Feb 2013 08:02:16 EST news280137728 (Medical Xpress)—Despite the availability of new and preventive methods against foodborne diseases, their uptake throughout the entire chain of food production appears to be slow. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-headway-food-safety.html Health Tue, 12 Feb 2013 10:40:01 EST news279887016 The UN's refugee agency warned Friday that an outbreak of hepatitis E among refugees in South Sudan was worsening and that it did not have the needed funds to contain it. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-hepatitis-sudan.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Fri, 09 Nov 2012 07:22:56 EST news271668164 New research funded by the World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that 20.1 million individuals were infected with hepatitis E virus (HEV) genotypes 1 and 2 across 9 world regions in 2005. According to findings available in the April issue of Hepatology, a journal published by Wiley-Blackwell on behalf of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases, there were 3.4 million symptomatic cases, 70,000 deaths, and 3,000 stillbirths from HEV that year in countries throughout Asia and Africa. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-03-million-individuals-infected-hepatitis-asia.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Tue, 27 Mar 2012 11:10:02 EST news252065381 Researchers in the Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine at Virginia Tech have identified the first strains of hepatitis E virus from farmed rabbits in the United States. It is unknown whether the virus can spread from rabbits to humans. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-10-veterinary-strains-hepatitis-virus-rabbits.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Tue, 25 Oct 2011 12:49:50 EST news238765779