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Private hospitals in Kerala face shortage of hepatitis B vaccine

Private hospitals in Kerala have been experiencing a shortage of hepatitis B vaccine given to newborns, healthcare workers, medical and nursing students and those who go abroad, for the past many weeks. According to the World Health Organisation, 254 million people were living with chronic hepatitis B infection in 2022, with 1.2 million new cases adding up each year. In …

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8 months, 4 weeks ago

Why is there a WHO alert on viral hepatitis? | Explained

The Hindu

The story so far: India accounted for 11.6% of the total viral hepatitis disease burden globally in 2022, making it the country with the second highest disease load after China, according to the World Health Organization’s Global Hepatitis Report 2024 released recently. Dr. Sudeep Khanna, senior consultant, gastroenterologist, Indraprastha Apollo Hospitals, explained that one of the major reasons for the …

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1 year, 7 months ago

Inmate worker tests positive for hepatitis A at Men’s Central Jail; L.A. County warns of possible exposure

LA Times

An inmate worker at Men’s Central Jail has tested positive for hepatitis A, prompting Los Angeles County health officials to warn those who were inside the facility last month that they may have been exposed to the highly contagious virus. Although jail officials said Friday that there are no other suspected cases, it’s not clear how many people might have …

Hepatitis County Officials Jail Exposed Hepatitis A Inmate Worker

1 year, 10 months ago

Transgender Persons, Gays & Sex Workers Excluded From Blood Donation Based On Scientific Evidence: Centre Tells Supreme Court

Live Law

The Union Ministry of Health And Family Welfare has filed its preliminary affidavit in a petition challenging the blood donor guidelines in so far as they impose a blanket ban on Transgender persons, gay men, female sex workers, etc. Clauses 12 and 51 of the said guidelines consider transgender persons, gay men and female sex workers to be a high-risk …

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2 years, 7 months ago

The volunteers risking their lives to help drug users in Ukraine

Al Jazeera

For Alexey Kvitkovskiy and other harm reduction volunteers, their mission has become far more dangerous and difficult. For Kvitkovskiy and other members of a network of harm reduction organisers, the already difficult mission has become vastly more dangerous since Russia invaded Ukraine. “And before, Ukraine was one of the more successful countries with harm reduction in our region.” Before the …

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2 years, 8 months ago

Explained | The mysterious hepatitis outbreak among children around the world

The Hindu

The story so far: More than ten countries across the globe, including the U.S., the U.K., Japan, Spain, Israel, and France have reported an uptick in the number of cases of acute hepatitis observed in young children. The earliest known cases of hepatitis infection of unknown origin were reported in the U.S. in October 2021, the country’s Centres for Disease …

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3 years, 2 months ago

Why mandatory vaccination is nothing new

BBC

Why mandatory vaccination is nothing new Alamy Mandatory vaccinations have been with us for centuries, quietly saving lives – and they're often largely unopposed until something changes. Alamy Vaccine passports have used for decades – with many countries insisting upon mandatory vaccinations for diseases such as yellow fever before travellers can enter Inoculation gave way to more sophisticated vaccination once …

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5 years, 2 months ago

Florida’s hepatitis A outbreak prompts vaccine push

Associated Press

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — The Tampa Bay area has been hit especially hard by hepatitis A cases this year. The Tampa Bay Times reports that Pinellas health officials were the first in Florida to deploy “foot teams” into areas where people at risk for hepatitis A tend to gather. In the Tampa Bay area, reports of food service workers infecting …

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