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santé logHÉPATITE C: Tous les baby-boomers américains appelés au dépistage ...santé logAlors que plus de 3 millions d'Américains vivent avec une hépatite chronique C et que chaque année, des milliers d'Américains meurent d'un cancer du foie ou d'une maladie hépatite chronique, les Centers for Disease Control (CDC) ont décidé de faire ...et plus encore »

May 19, 2012, marks the inaugural National Hepatitis Testing Day. The event comes one year after the Department of Health and Human Services announced its Action Plan for the Prevention, Care and Treatment of Viral Hepatitis.See all stories on this topic »

NANNING - Twenty-one students and a teacher from a school in southwest China's Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region have been hospitalized after a confirmed outbreak of hepatitis A, local authorities said Saturday. The infected are from the Ligao high ...See all stories on this topic »

ATLANTA -- For the first time, the government is proposing that all baby boomers get themselves tested for hepatitis C. Anyone born from 1945 to 1965 should get a one-time blood test to see if they have the liver-destroying virus, the Centers for ...See all stories on this topic »

The CDC announced Friday that it is considering recommending Hepatitis C testing for everyone born between 1945 and 1965. Currently the CDC recommends this testing only for those who are at-risk - people who participated in intravenous drug use or had ...See all stories on this topic »

The CDC announced Friday that it is considering recommending Hepatitis C testing for everyone born between 1945 and 1965. Currently the CDC recommends this testing only for those who are at-risk - people who participated in intravenous drug use or had ...See all stories on this topic »

NEW YORK, May 18 (UPI) -- OraSure said it is working with Walgreens and health groups to provide free hepatitis C tests in New York, Chicago, Houston, St. Louis and Washington. Dr. Jay Varma, deputy health commissioner of New York City, said the Check ...See all stories on this topic »

The Eijkman Institute and the University of Sydney are trying to tackle the alarming number of hepatitis infections in the Asia-Pacific region. Sangkot Marzuki, head of the Eijkman Institute, said that hepatitis C was one of the research topics to be ...See all stories on this topic »

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention made the recommendation to find hundreds of thousands of people who have the infection, which greatly increases their chances of developing cirrhosis and liver cancer, but don't know it. The hepatitis C ...See all stories on this topic »

Oral Presentation Date and time: Saturday, June 2, 2012, 5:00 PM - 5:15 PM Abstract number: 4005 Poster title: Tivantinib (ARQ 197) versus placebo in patients (Pts) with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) who failed one systemic therapy: Results of a ...See all stories on this topic »

By Scott Hensley The Wisconsin Division of Public Health noticed a strange uptick in hepatitis C to 24 cases a year recently, from eight, or so, earlier. Some of the infections were bad enough to cause people to seek treatment in emergency rooms.See all stories on this topic »

by News Desk | May 19, 2012 An employee at a North Carolina donut store has contracted a hepatitis A infection, prompting health officials to recommend vaccination for those who may have purchased food handled by the worker.See all stories on this topic »Food Safety News

The virus can gradually scar the liver and lead to cirrhosis or liver cancer, and is the leading cause of liver transplant. It can trigger damage in other parts of the body as well. All told, more than 15000 Americans die each year from hepatitis ...See all stories on this topic »

(Chari Cohen, left, is associate director for public health at the Hepatitis B Foundation. Credit: John McDevitt) By John McDevitt PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — A local effort took place in “Love Park” (JFK Plaza) today, where participants were flexing their ...See all stories on this topic »KYW Newsradio

How much do you know about hepatitis C? By Jennifer Huget Update: The CDC Friday morning proposed that all Americans born between 1945 and 1965 be screened for hepatitis C and is drafting guidelines for implementing that proposal. Hepatitis C is one of ...See all stories on this topic »

How much do you know about hepatitis C? By Jennifer Huget Update: The CDC Friday morning proposed that all Americans born between 1945 and 1965 be screened for hepatitis C and is drafting guidelines for implementing that proposal. Hepatitis C is one of ...See all stories on this topic »

How much do you know about hepatitis C? By Jennifer Huget Update: The CDC Friday morning proposed that all Americans born between 1945 and 1965 be screened for hepatitis C and is drafting guidelines for implementing that proposal. Hepatitis C is one of ...See all stories on this topic »

by Scott Hensley Yes, hepatitis C is big among baby boomers. And the feds are moving toward a recommendation that all of them get tested at least once for the infection. But new hepatitis C cases are cropping up in young people, too, and some of them ...See all stories on this topic »

Ray died Thursday from complications of cirrhosis of the liver, said his granddaughter, Robyn Gomes. Ray was the only adult on board when his school bus was hijacked in the farm town of Chowchilla. The kidnappers held them inside a truck buried ...See all stories on this topic »

People who ate at a doughnut shop in Wilkesboro earlier this month may have been exposed to hepatitis A, Wilkes County health officials said. An employee at Dixie Donuts at 2830 West NC 268 was diagnosed with the virus on Sunday.See all stories on this topic »