Canadians born between 1945 and 1975 — essentially the baby-boom generation — should be tested for the potentially liver-destroying virus hepatitis C, a new set of guidelines recommends.
Tag: Hepatitis
Hepatitis B: Four in five infected Britons don’t know they have the virus
FOUR in five Britons infected with hepatitis B do not even know they have it, a study warned.
B.C. government makes hepatitis C treatment available to all citizens
The B.C. government will now allow anyone living with chronic hepatitis C to access treatment.
Hepatitis C drugs now approved for all patients in Ontario with disease
The Ontario government has announced it will now fund treatment for all patients with the disease. Prior to the changes made last week to the Ontario Drug Benefit program, only patients in the late stages of the disease could be approved.
DNA analysis of mummified 2-year-old from 16th century shows she died of hepatitis B
An international team of disease detectives has shed new light on a virus that kills almost a million people around the world each year by probing an unusual source — the mummified remains of a young child who died about 450 years ago in Renaissance Italy. CBC | Health News
Hepatitis A outbreak: Symptoms of viral infection spreading across UK and Europe
There has been 950 confirmed cases of hepatitis A across Europe since September 29, warned the European Center for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC). Twenty two countries were affected by the outbreak, including England, Wales, France, Germany and Italy. Since the outbreak started in June 2016, 3,813 cases of hepatitis A have been confirmed. March […]
Hepatitis A outbreak: Symptoms of viral infection spreading across UK and Europe
A HEPATITIS A outbreak has stretched to 22 European countries since the end of September – including England and Wales – and has affected almost 1,000 people. These are the signs and symptoms to watch out for. Daily Express :: Health Feed
Hepatitis C could be eliminated in Canada, but drug prices, screening barriers stand in the way
About 70 million people, including an estimated 250,000 Canadians, are infected with hepatitis C worldwide. The majority could be cured of the liver-damaging virus in 12 weeks at a cost of just $ 50 US each, researchers say. CBC | Health News
15 dead in hepatitis outbreak as San Diego starts street washing
Published time: 12 Sep, 2017 03:21 Sanitary street washing will begin in San Diego where a “fecally contaminated environment” has led to an outbreak of hepatitis A that has killed 15 people and hospitalized 300 others, mostly from the city’s homeless population. The street power-washing will take place in the downtown area of San Diego […]
Hepatitis A found in Save-On-Foods pineapple cups
Anyone who bought ready-to-go pineapple cups from the Western Family brand recently are being advised by Alberta Health Services to check the date of production after the hepatitus A virus was found in a sample produced Aug. 12. CBC | Health News
