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CDC Launches First National HBV Testing Campaign for Asian-Americans and Pacific Islanders

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has launched Know Hepatitis B, the first national multi-lingual, multi-year communications campaign to increase testing for hepatitis B among Asian-Americans and Pacific Islanders. Though this group makes up less than 5 ...More

5 days ago

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New Loyola Study Identifies Hepatitis C Virus Entry Factor

Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infects more than 170 million people worldwide. Approximately 80 percent of infections lead to chronic illness including fibrosis, cirrhosis, cancer and also hepatic iron overload. A new study completed by researchers at Loyola University Chicago ...More

2 weeks ago

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Vitamin D Deficiency May Help Spread of Hepatitis B Throughout Liver

Researchers from Germany have found that low levels of vitamin D are associated with high levels of hepatitis B virus (HBV) replication. Findings published online in Hepatology, a journal of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases, suggest seasonal ...More

2 weeks ago

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FDA Investigates Outbreak of Hepatitis A Illnesses Potentially Associated with a Frozen Fruit Blend

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), as well as state and local officials are investigating a multi-state outbreak of hepatitis A illnesses potentially associated with a frozen food blend. Townsend Farms, Inc. of ...More

2 weeks ago

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New Agent Inhibits HCV Replication in Mouse Models

Treatments against hepatitis C virus have only been partially successful. A major problem is that antivirals generate drug resistance. Now Seong-Wook Lee of Dankook University, Yongin, Republic of Korea and his collaborators have developed agents that bind to the business ...More

3 weeks ago

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The ABCs of Hepatitis: Mayo Clinic Expert Explains Types, Prevention

It’s Hepatitis Awareness Month. Understanding the different forms of hepatitis, who is at risk and how it can be prevented and treated can be confusing. Mayo Clinic infectious diseases expert Stacey Rizza, MD, offers the following primer: Hepatitis A: A highly contagious ...More

May 14, 2013

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Study Suggests Only Half of Americans with Hepatitis C Receive Complete Testing for the Virus

Only half of Americans identified as ever having had hepatitis C received follow-up testing showing that they were still infected, according to a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention analysis of data from a multi-area study published in the CDC report Vital Signs. ...More

May 8, 2013

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Baby Boomers Encouraged to Get Screened for Hepatitis C

If you were born during 1945-1965, talk to your doctor about getting tested for hepatitis C. Baby boomers are five times more likely than other adults to be infected. In fact, 75 percent of adults with hepatitis C were born during these years. The word “hepatitis” means ...More

April 29, 2013

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New Drug Stimulates Immune System to Kill Infected Cells in Animal Model of Hepatitis B Infection

A novel drug developed by Gilead Sciences and tested in an animal model at the Texas Biomedical Research Institute in San Antonio suppresses hepatitis B virus infection by stimulating the immune system and inducing loss of infected cells. In a study conducted at Texas ...More

April 29, 2013

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Research Finds Targeted Screening for Hepatitis C is Cost-Effective

Researchers at the University of Cincinnati have found that targeted screening for populations with a higher estimated prevalence for hepatitis C may be cost-effective. These findings, published in the April 24, 2013, online edition of the journal Clinical Infectious ...More

April 24, 2013

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