When I began my medical career in Hong Kong in the early 1980s, I chose to focus on hepatitis B, in part because it was very common and because the hepatitis C virus had not yet been discovered. I witnessed the devastation ...
Oct 6, 2020
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The World Health Organization has announced additional efforts to eliminate hepatitis by 2030. The overall strategy calls for the prevention of new infections through universal implementation of the hepatitis B birth-dose ...
Aug 3, 2020
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World Hepatitis Day—28 July—is an opportunity to raise awareness of hepatitis and encourage commitments of governments, policy makers and the public towards eradication of this dangerous disease.
Jul 28, 2020
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Approximately four in five people living with hepatitis B and three out of four people with hepatitis C infection across the European Union and European Economic Area (EU/EEA) and the UK have not yet been diagnosed. This ...
Jul 27, 2020
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Viruses are sneaky beings. As the coronavirus pandemic is demonstrating, they cross borders quickly and can be highly contagious before symptoms of disease break out. In many cases of infection, a clear path of transmission ...
Mar 30, 2020
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Influenza, measles, mumps and coronavirus COVID-19 are illnesses people hear about on a regular basis.
Feb 20, 2020
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Cleveland Clinic researchers have found that using lungs from donors who are considered high risk for certain infectious diseases compared to standard risk donors results in similar one-year survival for recipients. In addition, ...
Dec 5, 2019
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Hepatitis B is blood-borne virus that packs a punch. Worldwide, more than 1.3 billion people have been infected with hepatitis B, and 257 million people have developed a life-long infection. This includes 240,000 Australians, ...
Oct 24, 2019
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Organs from potential donors once rejected as being unsafe to transplant may not be as risky as once thought, new Australian research shows.
Oct 14, 2019
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(HealthDay)—All pregnant women should be screened early for hepatitis B, to prevent the viral infection from being passed to newborns.
Jul 23, 2019
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