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Clients of Fresh Cosmetic Clinic in Sydney CBD urged to get tested for blood-borne viruses by NSW Health
2 months, 1 week ago

Clients of Fresh Cosmetic Clinic in Sydney CBD urged to get tested for blood-borne viruses by NSW Health

ABC  

Patients who underwent invasive procedures at a Sydney CBD cosmetic clinic have been told to get tested for blood-borne viruses due to infection control breaches. After being alerted by HCCC, NSW Health's South Eastern Sydney Local Health District Public Health Unit inspected the clinic last week and concluded there was a risk to clients of exposure to blood-borne viruses such …

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Revealed: The viruses that can give you cancer. Experts now say one in five cancer-related deaths could be triggered by an illness. Our special report by leading doctors tells you how to protect yours
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Revealed: The viruses that can give you cancer. Experts now say one in five cancer-related deaths could be triggered by an illness. Our special report by leading doctors tells you how to protect yours

Daily Mail  

Quit smoking, go easy on the alcohol and stick to a healthy diet. The bug that could be the cause of a role is a particular strain of E. coli – best known as a cause of food poisoning outbreaks via undercooked meat and contaminated vegetables and salads Now research suggests this might explain why cases of bowel cancer appear …

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Providence patients’ lawsuit claims negligence over potential exposure to hepatitis B and C, HIV
5 months, 1 week ago

Providence patients’ lawsuit claims negligence over potential exposure to hepatitis B and C, HIV

Associated Press  

Four people who were potentially exposed to hepatitis B and C and HIV during surgeries at a Portland-area hospital have filed a class action lawsuit against Providence, the medical facility and an anesthesiology group claiming their negligence has caused pain, shock and anxiety. On July 11, Providence sent notices to about 2,200 patients saying the physician who administered anesthesia “failed …

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What is Viral Hepatitis? Know risk factors, symptoms, prevention and treatment
6 months, 4 weeks ago

What is Viral Hepatitis? Know risk factors, symptoms, prevention and treatment

India TV News  

Viral hepatitis is an infection that causes inflammation and liver damage. The risk factors for viral hepatitis transmission differ depending on the type of virus. Risk factors: When we spoke to Dr Alisha Chaubal, Senior Consultant - Hepatology and Liver Transplant, Gleneagles Hospital, Parel, Mumbai, regarding the same, she said, risk factors include unsafe injection practices, unprotected sex with an …

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Infected Blood Scandal: Here are the victims campaigning for justice
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Infected Blood Scandal: Here are the victims campaigning for justice

The Independent  

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Janine Jones and her brother Mark Payton open image in gallery Mark Payton died …

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Lives ‘still blighted’ by contaminated blood
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Lives ‘still blighted’ by contaminated blood

The Independent  

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Infected people and their relatives have described the long term health impact, the “survivor’s …

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Truth about viral hepatitis: Facts, myths and stigma
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Truth about viral hepatitis: Facts, myths and stigma

Hindustan Times  

The liver is responsible for removing toxins from the blood, storing vitamins and hormone production but viral hepatitis tends to disrupt the function of the liver owing to which one can encounter various problems. In an interview with HT Lifestyle, Dr Ameet Mandot, Head - Department of Adult Hepatology and Liver Transplantation at Gleneagles Hospital in Mumbai's Parel, shared, “The …

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Blood Cancer: Hepatitis B and C viruses can cause multiple myeloma, finds study
11 months, 3 weeks ago

Blood Cancer: Hepatitis B and C viruses can cause multiple myeloma, finds study

India TV News  

According to a study that offers new hope for treating the deadly disease, multiple myeloma, one of the most common blood malignancies, can be brought on by the hepatitis B and C viruses. The discovery is based on a patient who, several years ago, shocked a group of Spanish experts by being cured of multiple myeloma following treatment for hepatitis …

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World Hepatitis Day: Understanding Viral Hepatitis & Pregnancy Risks
1 year, 5 months ago

World Hepatitis Day: Understanding Viral Hepatitis & Pregnancy Risks

Deccan Chronicle  

Viral Hepatitis & Pregnancy What is Hepatitis & its types? Viral Hepatitis is a systemic infection affecting liver predominantly by any one of the hepatitis viruses. Pregnant women with Hepatitis E, especially those in their second or third trimesters, are at increased risk of acute liver failure, foetal loss and death. Maternal infection with viral Hepatitis can lead to increased …

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UK contaminated blood inquiry: Finally getting answers for my dad
2 years, 6 months ago

UK contaminated blood inquiry: Finally getting answers for my dad

Al Jazeera  

Nearly 30 years after his death, some of those responsible for infecting my father with HIV and Hepatitis C are finally speaking the truth – and owning up their mistakes. He had contracted HIV and hepatitis C from a contaminated blood product called Factor VIII, which was given to people across the UK in the 1970s and 1980s to treat …

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Unexplained hepatitis in kids: Should parents worry?
2 years, 8 months ago

Unexplained hepatitis in kids: Should parents worry?

CNN  

CNN — The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is investigating cases of unexplained hepatitis in children. Wen: As of May 1, the World Health Organization has reported at least 228 probable cases of child hepatitis with dozens more under investigation. A week ago, a CDC report analyzed clinical details from one state, Alabama, that has been tracking these …

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CDC probing 109 liver illnesses in kids, including 5 deaths
2 years, 8 months ago

CDC probing 109 liver illnesses in kids, including 5 deaths

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — U.S. health officials are looking into more than 100 possible cases of a mysterious and severe liver disease in children, including five deaths. In the U.S., most of the children were toddlers, nearly all were hospitalized and eight received liver transplants “It’s still a very rare occurrence,” Butler said. “A majority of these cases have recovered and …

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CDC investigating more than 100 cases of hepatitis in children, including 5 deaths
2 years, 8 months ago

CDC investigating more than 100 cases of hepatitis in children, including 5 deaths

CNN  

CNN — The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Friday that it’s investigating 109 cases of severe and unexplained hepatitis in children in 25 states and territories that may be linked to a worldwide outbreak. A family of viruses well known for attacking the liver causes hepatitis A, hepatitis B and hepatitis C. It’s not clear what’s driving …

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CDC releases new clinical details in cases of unusual hepatitis in children
2 years, 8 months ago

CDC releases new clinical details in cases of unusual hepatitis in children

CNN  

CNN — The US Centers of Disease Control and Prevention continues to investigate cases of acute hepatitis with unknown causes among children and released new clinical details about some of the cases on Friday. All patients received negative test results for hepatitis viruses A, B, and C, and several other causes of pediatric hepatitis and infections were ruled out. The …

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What’s behind mysterious rise in liver disease among children?
2 years, 8 months ago

What’s behind mysterious rise in liver disease among children?

Al Jazeera  

As health experts investigate a surge in cases of hepatitis among children, Dr Khan explains the symptoms to look out for. Health experts around the world are investigating a rise in the number of cases of hepatitis, or liver inflammation, in children. More unusual still, these cases are not linked to any of the five typical strains of hepatitis – …

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CDC issues health advisory about acute hepatitis in children
2 years, 8 months ago

CDC issues health advisory about acute hepatitis in children

CNN  

CNN — An investigation continues into cases of acute hepatitis with unknown causes among children who had adenovirus infections. In a health advisory Thursday, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention alerted health care providers and public health authorities to the investigation and recommended that providers consider adenovirus testing in children with hepatitis when the cause is unknown, adding …

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World Hepatitis Day 2021: Early Detection is Key to Treatment; All You Need to Know
3 years, 5 months ago

World Hepatitis Day 2021: Early Detection is Key to Treatment; All You Need to Know

News 18  

Every year, about 1.3 million people die as a result of viral hepatitis, with 300 million individuals living with the disease and ignorant of their infection status. Because liver damage in chronic viral hepatitis proceeds without symptoms until it reaches the fatal disease stage, screening and early diagnosis are the only strategies to combat this silent killer. Acute viral hepatitis …

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The Hindu Explains | How did the 2020 Medicine Nobel winners identify Hepatitis C infectious agent?
4 years, 3 months ago

The Hindu Explains | How did the 2020 Medicine Nobel winners identify Hepatitis C infectious agent?

The Hindu  

The story so far: This year’s Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine has been awarded to Harvey J. The Nobel announcement said the Prize had been given to “three scientists who have made a decisive contribution to the fight against blood-borne hepatitis, a major global health problem that causes cirrhosis and liver cancer in people around the world”. The Nobel …

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Vanquishing viruses: On Nobel prize for medicine
4 years, 3 months ago

Vanquishing viruses: On Nobel prize for medicine

The Hindu  

At a time when the world is faced with multiple assaults from a frighteningly obscure virus, it cannot be mere coincidence that the Nobel Committee decided to anoint three scientists who peeled the layers off another virus that confounded generations of physicians — the Hepatitis C virus. The accolades went to the three for identifying the viral origin of Hepatitis …

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Nobel Prize in Medicine 2020: Why was the Discovery of Hepatitis C Virus so Important?
4 years, 3 months ago

Nobel Prize in Medicine 2020: Why was the Discovery of Hepatitis C Virus so Important?

News 18  

For their ground-breaking contributions to hepatitis study and research, two American and one Briton scientists have been awarded the Nobel Prize in Medicine 2020. The Nobel assembly claimed in a statement that for the first time in known history, the disease is curable, and we can even say that the hep-C virus would be completely eradicated from the world one …

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Nobel Prize for Medicine awarded to three scientists for discovering hepatitis C virus
4 years, 3 months ago

Nobel Prize for Medicine awarded to three scientists for discovering hepatitis C virus

Firstpost  

The trio’s work helped explain a major source of blood-borne hepatitis that couldn’t be explained by the previously discovered hepatitis A and B viruses. Alter and Charles M. Rice, and British-born scientist Michael Houghton were awarded the Nobel Prize for Medicine or Physiology on Monday for the discovery of the hepatitis C virus, a major source of liver disease that …

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2020 Nobel: Three scientists share Prize in Physiology or Medicine
4 years, 3 months ago

2020 Nobel: Three scientists share Prize in Physiology or Medicine

The Hindu  

Americans Harvey J Alter and Charles M Rice, and British scientist Michael Houghton were awarded the Nobel Prize for Medicine or Physiology on Monday for the discovery of the hepatitis C virus. Announcing the prize in Stockholm on Monday, the Nobel Committee noted that the trio’s work helped explain a major source of blood-borne hepatitis that couldn’t be explained by …

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Blood, stool most common ways hepatitis viruses spread among humans; all you need to know
4 years, 5 months ago

Blood, stool most common ways hepatitis viruses spread among humans; all you need to know

Firstpost  

On World Hepatitis Day, observed every year on 28 July, let’s discuss the five main types of hepatitis viruses and the risk factors associated with each of them According to WHO, Hepatitis is an inflammation of the liver. On World Hepatitis Day, observed every year on 28 July, let’s discuss the five main types of hepatitis viruses or diseases and …

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World Hepatitis Day 2020: 10 Myths Associated With Hepatitis, Busted
4 years, 5 months ago

World Hepatitis Day 2020: 10 Myths Associated With Hepatitis, Busted

News 18  

Viral hepatitis is an infection that can damage the liver by causing inflammation in the organ. On World Hepatitis Day, let us bust some of the most common ones:Myth 1: All hepatitis viruses are the same and spread similarly. The mode of transmission for hepatitis B, C and D viruses is mostly through coming in contact with an infected patient’s …

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