Five more children found with hepatitis bringing total to 263 Scientists have investigated links to dogs and Covid Wales Online · Jul 7, 2022
'Could there be a Covid connection behind hepatitis outbreak in kids?' Dr Miriam Stoppard looks into the worrying and puzzling rise in children needing liver transplants, and what the latest research is suggesting Daily Mirror · Jul 4, 2022
UK’s contaminated blood scandal inquiry: All you need to know A blood treatment that infected 30,000 people with HIV and hepatitis C decades ago in the UK returns to the spotlight. Al Jazeera · Jul 1, 2022
Health on the Streets homeless program faces closure due to funding Kamilaroi man Jason Trindall-Rynkowski would never have known he was sick if it wasn't for a unique health outreach program on the NSW Central Coast. ABC News · Jun 29, 2022
The Daily Biotech Pulse: CHMP Backs AstraZeneca's Breast Cancer Therapies, Ipsen Buys Epizyme, FDA Holds For Nuvation Bio, Astellas Studies Here's a roundup of top developments in the biotech space over the last 24 hours: Benzinga · Jun 27, 2022
GSK Shares Encouraging Data From Chronic Hepatitis B Candidate GSK plc (NYSE:GSK) announced promising interim results from the B-Clear phase 2b trial of bepirovirsen in people with chronic hepatitis B (CHB). The data showed that bepirovirsen reduced hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) levels and hepatitis B virus (HBV) DNA after 24 weeks of treatment. In the group of 227 patients on standard… Benzinga · Jun 27, 2022
Infected blood victims had ‘incredibly bad luck’, Sir John Major tells inquiry The infection of up to 30,000 people with HIV or hepatitis C from contaminated blood has been called the NHS’s biggest treatment disaster. The Independent UK · Jun 27, 2022
WHO Says Over 900 Probable Cases of Acute Hepatitis Reported in Children Thirty-three countries have reported 920 probable cases of severe acute hepatitis in children so far, a jump of 270 from May, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Friday. The WHO said that the European Region accounted for half the probable cases, including 267 from the United Kingdom, while a… Asharq Al-Awsat · Jun 25, 2022
Rise in sudden hepatitis among children - symptoms to watch for, what to do if your child is ill, and the link to Covid-19 Health experts don't yet know the reason for the rise - and are investigating its links to Covid-19 infections among the children affected Manchester Evening News · Jun 22, 2022
Vaccitech's Vaccine Induced Sustained Reductions In Hepatitis B Associated Antigens Vaccitech plc (NASDAQ:VACC) announced an update to the interim analysis of safety and efficacy data from the HBV002 study evaluating ChAdOx1-HBV and MVA-HBV vaccines (VTP-300) in chronic HBV patients who are virally suppressed with oral anti-viral therapies. In the VTP-300 monotherapy group, meaningful and durable reductions of HBsAg were seen in all three patients with… Benzinga · Jun 22, 2022
Activist raised eyebrows at White House but also awareness of illness affect gay community SACRAMENTO, Calif. — George Raya had a seat at the table of the historic 1977 White House meeting of the National Gay Task Force, the first time a president invited LGBTQ advocates to discuss the issues their community faced. The then-27-year-old came with an issue in mind: hepatitis. Tribune News Service · Jun 21, 2022
Eleven more children struck with hepatitis across UK with one needing liver transplant Experts have reassured parents the rise in liver inflammation cases in youngsters is not to do with the Covid vaccine as the majority are in under-fives who are too young for the jab Daily Mirror · Jun 18, 2022
Mum's warning after losing dad to 'silent epidemic' "People don’t understand the virus and many are unaware of how they can get it" Liverpool Echo · Jun 18, 2022
Surge of hepatitis cases in children not linked to Covid-19 vaccine, say experts UK Health Security Agency report reveals most patients affected are under-5s who have not had the jab Wales Online · Jun 17, 2022
Asharq Al-Awsat · Jun 17, 2022 Bidding Tops $12.3 Mln for Warren Buffett Charity Lunch Someone has bid more than $12.3 million at an online auction to win a final, private lunch with billionaire businessman Warren Buffett to benefit a charity that helps the poor, homeless and people battling substance abuse. The $12,345,678 bid from an unknown bidder in the auction, which ends on Friday…
Asharq Al-Awsat · Jun 14, 2022 Hepatitis A Spreads in Northern Lebanon Northern Lebanon is grappling with an outbreak of Hepatitis A, or jaundice, that has infected 174 people, according to official figures. The Health Ministry is probing the cause of the outbreak. The infections were first reported in the northern city of Tripoli, said local media, blaming the outbreak on polluted…
ABC News · Jun 10, 2022 Hepatitis A vaccination blitz begins as cases confirmed at Gold Coast's Arundel State School A Gold Coast school will host a hepatitis A vaccination clinic this weekend after four of its students caught the viral infection.
Dublin Live · Jun 9, 2022 Cases of mysterious hepatitis strain rise as parents urged to watch for symptoms It emerged on Thursday that the number of cases of children in Ireland 'with hepatitis of unknown cause' has risen
Irish Mirror · Jun 8, 2022 Unexplained child hepatitis cases rise again in Ireland after one death and two liver transplants Of the 13 cases confirmed in Ireland, one child has died and two others became so ill that they needed liver transplants
Wales Online · Jun 8, 2022 Everything you need to know about hepatitis as cases in children rise WHO say that in this outbreak of acute hepatitis, cases have been more severe
Chronicle Live · Jun 8, 2022 Infected blood scandal victims should be compensated at least £100,000, report suggests North East victims of the contaminated blood scandal have reacted cautiously to a new report recommending they receive compensation
Benzinga · Jun 6, 2022 Assembly Bio Commences Early-Stage Study of Drug to Treat Hepatitis B Viral Infection Assembly Biosciences, Inc. (NASDAQ: ASMB) today announced Initiation of Phase 1b clinical study of its drug candidate ABI-H3733 for Chronic Hepatitis B Virus Infection
Wales Online · Jun 6, 2022 Waking up tired - it could be fatty liver disease and these are the symptoms It's often associated with drinking too much alcohol, but that is often not the case
Daily Mirror · Jun 6, 2022 Fatty Liver Disease: Feeling tired when you wake up could be a warning sign Liver disease is often linked to drinking too much alcohol, but most cases - including Fatty Liver Disease - are actually caused by something else - here's a list of symptoms to watch out for
Tribune News Service · Jun 3, 2022 CDC links hepatitis A outbreak to organic strawberries: Learn about the virus Organic strawberries have been linked to a multistate hepatitis A outbreak. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says a dozen people have been made ill by the strawberries in California, Minnesota and North Dakota.