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CDC: All adults should be screened for hepatitis B

People with chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection are at in increased risk for liver cancer, cirrhosis and are 70% to 85% more likely to die prematurely than the general population, according to the Atlanta-based Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. With an estimated 580,000 to 2.4 million people in…

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Ministers urged to expand opt-out HIV testing after successful London rollout

Letter urges Government to ‘save lives’ by investing in policy to help detect cases in communities at risk of late diagnosis

Evening Standard

Biden seeks billions to stop a killer: Hepatitis C

The Biden administration is seeking billions of dollars for a new push to wipe out hepatitis C, a virus that has continued to kill thousands of people annually in the U.S. despite the existence of extremely effective medications that can cure the infection within months.

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Study shows circovirus involved in human hepatitis

Scientists from the Institut Pasteur, Necker-Enfants Malades Hospital (AP-HP), Inserm in the Imagine Institute, Universite Paris Cite and the Alfort National Veterinary School (EnvA) have identified a previously unknown species of circovirus, provisionally named human circovirus 1 (HCirV-1). Read further on Dynamite News:

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Yoghurt, chicken, and ice cream among major food recalls by Aldi, Dunnes, Lidl and Tesco

A number of food products have been recalled by Irish supermarkets over safety fears as households have been asked to check their fridges and cupboards

Dublin Live

Chicken, yoghurt and chocolate among food recalled from Dunnes, Aldi, Tesco and more supermarkets

Chicken, yoghurt and chocolate are among the items that the Food Safety Authority of Ireland has issued Food Alerts or Food Allergen Alerts about in recent months. Some of the affected products were for sale in the likes of Dunnes, Lidl, Tesco, SuperValu, Aldi and other shops across the island.

Irish Mirror

Government has blood on its hands, says survivor of transfusions scandal

People were infected with HIV and/or Hepatitis C as a result of contaminated blood transfusions between the 1970s and 1990s.

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Breakthrough in preventing hepatitis B transmission from mothers to children

Only 0.1 per cent of babies born to hepatitis B positive mothers go on to develop the disease

The Independent UK

Hepatitis B transmission from mothers to babies ‘eliminated in England’

The UK Health Security Agency said progress had been made on tackling the viral infection.

The Independent UK

Hepatitis A outbreak at primary school sees parents worry if they should keep kids home

Worried parents reportedly asked whether they should keep their children at home following an outbreak of Hepatitis A among pupils at a primary school, with authorities now giving out vaccinations

Daily Mirror

Fewer Medi-Cal patients got crucial treatment for hepatitis C amid pandemic

LOS ANGELES — Fewer people have gotten crucial medication for hepatitis C under Medi-Cal in recent years, troubling advocates who have pushed to expand the lifesaving treatment.

Los Angeles Times

Blood scandal victim's three recommendations on how Government should ensure disaster never happens again

Andrew Bragg made three clear recommendations he said would help ensure no-one suffers at the hands of NHS errors like the victims of the contaminated blood scandal have

Chronicle Live

Queensland prisoners stuck on a ‘merry-go-round’ of hepatitis C transmission

State government is failing to deliver harm reduction programs needed to eliminate the virus, advocates say

The Guardian - AU

Hepatitis C is a slow-moving killer that can be stopped. What's getting in the way?

LOS ANGELES — Michael Mendez said that when learned he had hepatitis C, "I didn't even know what it was."

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China Targets Eliminating Mother-to-Child Infection of HIV, Syphilis and Hepatitis B

The country’s health authority hopes to reduce the transmission rate of HIV to under 2% and hepatitis B to 1% or less by 2025

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Department of Health lawyers warn Infected Blood Inquiry of risks of using 'hindsight and suggestion' in analysis of NHS treatment disaster

A 600-page legal submission from Government lawyers has told Sir Brian Langstaff - chair of the Infected Blood Inquiry - to be wary of the perils of hindsight.

The Independent UK

NHS on course to eliminate hepatitis C five years ahead of global targets

A pioneering drug campaign to find and help people at risk has been key to the success, health chiefs have said

Daily Mirror

Hepatitis C set to be wiped out of England by 2025 with NHS 'leading the world'

A pioneering drug deal and a strong effort to find people at risk has helped to cut the numbers of deaths caused by Hepatitis C, with NHS England currently five years ahead of global targets

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NHS on track to eliminate Hepatitis C by 2025 - health chiefs

Pioneering drug deal and campaign targeting those at risk will 'dramatically' cut deaths five years ahead of global targets

The Independent UK

US starts grappling with 'travesty' of untreated hepatitis C

Too many Americans are missing out on a cure for hepatitis C

Irish Mirror

Christmas dinner essential, hot chocolate and cheese among supermarket recalls amid safety fears

Christmas ham, hot chocolate and cheese are among the items that the Food Safety Authority of Ireland has issued recall notices for. Some of the affected products were for sale in Tesco, SuperValu, Dunnes, Lidl and Aldi.

Reuters

Chile investigates hepatitis A-tainted raspberries recalled in U.S.

Chile's government launched an investigation on Tuesday after raspberries from a Chilean company were recalled in the United States due to hepatitis A contamination.

The Independent UK

More than 800 undiagnosed HIV and hepatitis cases found with routine A&E testing

The health service introduced opt-out HIV screening in April to 33 hospital departments as part of efforts to stop new cases by 2030.

Chronicle Live

'No more delays' - Contaminated blood scandal victim urges Government to publish its report

The Government is under pressure to set out when it will publish its response to recommendations from a top KC about how it should provide compensation to victims of the contaminated blood scandal

Inverse

Hepatitis C vaccine: Scientists just made a major breakthrough

Scientists have captured and modeled a key structure in the hepatitis C virus, which will pave the way for vaccine development.

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