Philippines: National Hepatitis B Sero-prevalence Survey to be conducted
The Philippines Department of Health (DOH) is setting out to determine how prevalent hepatitis B doing a sero-prevalence survey that began this month. An important question DOH wants to answer is, How many Filipino More...
Maine: Health alert issued over unlicensed tattoo artist in East Machias
The Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention (Maine CDC) has become aware of an unlicensed tattoo artist working out of their home in East Machias. The individual has allegedly been doing so under unsanitary More...
UNICEF obtains pentavalent vaccine at lowest-ever price
Breakthrough prices have been achieved with six vaccine suppliers who offered to price pentavalent vaccine at an 84 cents a dose average – half the price that the UN children’s agency currently pays. In the More...
Hepatitis B: Risk of liver cancer not reduced after virus clears, according to researchers
Long-term infection with hepatitis B virus (HBV) can cause liver inflammation and increase the risk of liver cancer. Researchers from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, however, found that resolving More...
Nigeria: 40 million have hepatitis B or C: Survey
Some 40 million Nigerians are infected with the hepatitis virus–which causes inflammation in the liver, according to survey carried out by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control with support from pharmaceutical More...
FDA updates ‘box warning’ for Arzerra and Rituxan to include Hepatitis B reactivation risk
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced Wednesday the approval of changes to the prescribing information of the immune-suppressing and anti-cancer drugs Arzerra (ofatumumab) and Rituxan (rituximab) to More...
Porn stars to be tested for Hepatitis and Trichomonas starting today: APHSS
An addition to the standard sexually transmitted infection (STI) testing protocol, starting today, Aug. 19, adult film performers will now be tested for Hepatitis B and C and screened for the parasite, Trichomonas More...
More lab results come in on Scott Harrington’s patients, eight additional hepatitis C cases detected
In a follow up to the laboratory testing performed on patients of Tulsa dentist, W. Scott Harrington, the Oklahoma State Department of Health (OSDH) and Tulsa Health Department (THD) have received a second round More...
Today is World Hepatitis Day 2012
World Hepatitis Day 2012 poster/World Hepatitis Alliance On July 28 of every year since 2008, World Hepatitis Day, started by the World Hepatitis Alliance, is observed to raise awareness of hepatitis B and hepatitis More...
