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WHO sounds alarm on viral hepatitis infections claiming 3,500 lives each day: The report, released at the World Hepatitis Summit, highlights that despite better ...
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Quick Glance: Hepatitis B Prevention and Treatment
  • Hepatitis B is a liver infection caused by the hepatitis B virus, which can be acute or chronic. It can lead to fatal outcomes like cirrhosis and liver cancer.

  • The infection spreads through infected body fluids like blood, saliva, vaginal fluids, and semen, as well as from mother to child. A safe and effective vaccine provides nearly 100% protection against the virus.

  • Transmission commonly occurs from mother to child or through contact with infected blood. Symptoms range from jaundice to abdominal pain and vomiting. Chronic hepatitis B can lead to cirrhosis and liver cancer.

  • Treatment for hepatitis B includes medications for chronic cases and vaccination for prevention. The World Health Organization advocates for prevention, diagnosis, and treatment measures to halt the spread of the disease and achieve elimination by 2030.
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Hepatitis B can be prevented with a safe and effective vaccine. The vaccine is usually given soon after birth with boosters a few weeks later ... Show more
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Infected blood scandal: Boy, 7, died from Aids after doctor ignored rules: The doctor who gave Colin Smith imported blood products broke his NHS department's ...
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Infected blood scandal: Boy, 7, died from Aids after doctor ignored rules
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WHO: Hepatitis is second-leading infectious cause of death worldwide: Deaths from the disease are on the rise, the report notes, making viral hepatitis the ...
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WHO: Hepatitis is second-leading infectious cause of death worldwide
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According to the World Health Organization (WHO), far too few hepatitis diseases are diagnosed and treated worldwide.
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“We’re going to have a typhoid and hepatitis A vaccine beforehand, and be on antibiotics after the race – regardless of what the water samples show ... Show more
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Cumbrian infected blood victim urges government to start compensation: A WEST Cumbrian man who was left a victim of the 'infected blood scandal' whilst being ...
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Cumbrian infected blood victim urges government to start compensation
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Gaza's Health Ministry reports meningitis, hepatitis outbreak among displaced Palestinians
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Gaza's Health Ministry reports meningitis, hepatitis outbreak among ...
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JVA: Condoms should protect inmates from hepatitis: Werl JVA: Condoms are supposed to protect inmates from hepatitis
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JVA: Condoms should protect inmates from hepatitis
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Preventing Hepatitis B key to liver cancer cure - Expert - Healthwise: A professor of Medicine, Gastroenterology and Liver Unit, Faculty of Clinical Sciences ...
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Preventing Hepatitis B key to liver cancer cure - Expert - Healthwise
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According to TEARS Animal Rescue there has been an increase in laboratory-confirmed cases of ICH and a 95% death rate in unvaccinated animals or if they ... Show more   #AnimalVaccine   #hepatitis   #caninehepatitis   #PetOwners
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Holiday souvenirs Hepatitis A: When providing travel medical advice, you should always consider the hepatitis A vaccination. In many countries to which Germans ...
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Holiday souvenirs Hepatitis A
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Dr Michael Mosley says 'tuck your trousers into your socks': The health expert has explained the symptoms you should be looking for
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Dr Michael Mosley says 'tuck your trousers into your socks'
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Ontario to miss Canada’s WHO target to eliminate hepatitis C as a public-health threat by 2030
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Ontario to miss Canada’s WHO target to eliminate hepatitis C as a ...
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Children used as 'lab rats' in clinical trials which gave them hep C and HIV: The infected blood scandal has been described as 'the worst treatment disaster ...
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Children used as 'lab rats' in clinical trials which gave them hep C and ...
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Egypt’s 100 Million Health Initiative: From Early Detection to Free Surgeries: Egypt has witnessed a number of healthcare developments in the last five years ...
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Egypt’s 100 Million Health Initiative: From Early Detection to Free ...
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Arthralgia in psoriasis patients can, but does not have to be, PsA: Inflammatory joint pain in patients with psoriasis is usually attributed to the dermatosis ...
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Arthralgia in psoriasis patients can, but does not have to be, PsA
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New Affordable AMD B650 Motherboard Roundup: Motherboard makers release revised models of existing boards all the time. But what is unusual here is that all ...
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New Affordable AMD B650 Motherboard Roundup
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WHO’s hepatitis report is a wake-up call: WHO’s hepatitis report is a wake-up call
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WHO’s hepatitis report is a wake-up call
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Hong Kong doctor in liver patient death case says he failed to prescribe key drug as he had been ‘distracted’
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Hong Kong doctor in liver patient death case says he failed to prescribe ...
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#FPDailyData : Nations with highest hepatitis burden, according to the latest WHO Hepatitis Report
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India’s hepatitis headache: Globally, an estimated 1.3 million people died of viral hepatitis in 2022 (as compared to 1.1 million in 2019) ...
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India’s hepatitis headache
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Contaminated blood scandal: Family share heartbreaking last words of boy, 7, who contracted Aids
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Contaminated blood scandal: Family share heartbreaking last words of boy ...
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Development of new hepatitis drugs possible: Scientists from the DZIF Hepatitis research area at the universities of Heidelberg and Gießen as well as the JLU ...
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Development of new hepatitis drugs possible
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Every PIP condition that claimants could get £9,500 in their bank account: Claimants could get up to £798 a month
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Every PIP condition that claimants could get £9,500 in their bank account
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India has second-most hepatitis B, C cases after China: WHO report: WHO flags rising deaths from viral hepatitis, with 1.3 million annually ...
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India has second-most hepatitis B, C cases after China: WHO report
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Hepatitis B: Influencing the probability of HBsAg loss through discontinuation of therapy
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Hepatitis B: Influencing the probability of HBsAg loss through ...
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Hepatitis viruses Kill 3,500 people a day: WHO - Health - Life & Style: The report said that there are 3,500 deaths per day worldwide from hepatitis infections ...
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Hepatitis viruses Kill 3,500 people a day: WHO - Health - Life & Style
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Inflammation discovery advances the fight against chronic liver disease: In a world-first, QIMR Berghofer scientists have discovered the mechanism that causes ...
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Inflammation discovery advances the fight against chronic liver disease
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Securpharm, cannabis and antibiotic resistance: Securpharm is being maintained, cannabis treatments have increased and the EU wants to take stronger action ...
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Securpharm, cannabis and antibiotic resistance
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WHO raises alarm, says hepatitis claims 3,500 lives daily: The new cases when compared to 2019 indicates a decrease in the number of infections.
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WHO raises alarm, says hepatitis claims 3,500 lives daily
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Reaching more than 3,500 deaths per day worldwide due to hepatitis viruses, according to the WHO.
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60,000 people could get treatment for virus they don't know they have: The NHS is to expand one-hour tests in a bid to find the thousands of people who ...
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60,000 people could get treatment for virus they don't know they have
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Palestinian mother, Umm Karam, recounts how she carried her nine-year-old son, Karam Qadadah, on her back as Israeli forces entered Gaza City's al-Shifa ... Show more
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Hepatitis C cases dropped in the US. Health officials unsure if it's a blip or trend
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Hepatitis C cases dropped in the US. Health officials unsure if it's a ...
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UN health agency set to release 2024 Global Hepatitis Report: Hundreds of millions of people are living with viral hepatitis and over a million lose their lives ...
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UN health agency set to release 2024 Global Hepatitis Report
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Hepatitis C is thriving in L.A.'s jails. It shouldn't be: The Los Angeles County jail system needs a concerted effort to screen for and treat the blood-borne ...
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Hepatitis C is thriving in L.A.'s jails. It shouldn't be
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Kuwait Introduces Tough Hepatitis C Screening for Expats: KUWAIT CITY, March 30: Minister of Health Dr Ahmad Al-Awadhi recently issued a ministerial decision; ...
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Kuwait Introduces Tough Hepatitis C Screening for Expats
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Kuwait updates health rules for expatriates: An expat showing ‘indeterminate’ result in hepatitis test deemed unfit
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Kuwait updates health rules for expatriates
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Health Minister Dr Ahmad Al-Awadhi issued a decree for stricter #health supervision of newly arrived residency permit seekers ... Show more   #PCR
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In addition to routine immunisation, recommended the optional vaccines are influenza, typhoid, hepatitis A, and meningococcal.
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Do you know your vaccination status? When you need which refresher
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Do you know your vaccination status? When you need which refresher
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COVID-19: New protease inhibitor also effective against mutated viruses: Palo Alto - The protease inhibitors, which have been used successfully for the treatment ...
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COVID-19: New protease inhibitor also effective against mutated viruses
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More than 14,500 corona infections: This is how sick Hagen was in 2021: There were 14,500 corona cases in 2021. In the three pandemic years there were almost 100 ...
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More than 14,500 corona infections: This is how sick Hagen was in 2021
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Repurposing drugs in dengue fight: PETALING JAYA: A number of repurposed antiviral drugs, inclu­ding one that is being used to treat Hepatitis C ...
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Repurposing drugs in dengue fight
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In a recent development that raises serious concerns about food safety, European health authorities have reported the presence of hepatitis A in Moroccan ... Show more   shorturl.at/hS059   #morocco   #world   #news   #strawberries   #spain   #moroccoworldnews
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Curb over-the-counter sale of opioids: Curb over-the-counter sale of opioids
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Curb over-the-counter sale of opioids
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Protect yourself and others from hepatitis by: 1⃣ using sterile injections 2⃣ practising safer sex3⃣ using your own razors/blades 4⃣ using safe ... Show more
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Report calls for implementation of heavy-duty vehicle standards: Kenya currently allows the imports of used cars of up to eight years, 15 years in Uganda and 10 ...
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Report calls for implementation of heavy-duty vehicle standards
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UN warns of viruses spreading in Gaza: The United Nations warned that viruses are spreading in the Gaza Strip amid poor sanitary conditions and lack of resources ...
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UN warns of viruses spreading in Gaza
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Novo Nordisk and Eli Lilly rival soars 32% after promising weight-loss drug results
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Novo Nordisk and Eli Lilly rival soars 32% after promising weight-loss ...
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Three early liver disease signs to watch for as deaths rise by 63.6%: Deaths from liver disease have surged over the last 20 years and there are three main signs ...
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Three early liver disease signs to watch for as deaths rise by 63.6%
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Doctors in Gaza are warning that diseases like Hepatitis-A are rapidly on the rise due to Israel’s war forcing people to live in unsanitary conditions.
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Revealing global barriers to curative hep C treatment access: Almost 90% of the 57 million people living with hepatitis C live in low- and middle-income ...
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Revealing global barriers to curative hep C treatment access
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Rheumatism: Biologics reduce the effectiveness of the HBV vaccination: Rheumatism patients should ideally be vaccinated against hepatitis B before starting ...
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Rheumatism: Biologics reduce the effectiveness of the HBV vaccination
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‘Too many women have died’ – the forgotten health scandal that left 1,200 mothers with hepatitis C
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‘Too many women have died’ – the forgotten health scandal that left 1 ...