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Hepatitis (plural hepatitides) is a medical condition defined by the inflammation of the liver and characterized by the presence of inflammatory cells in the tissue of the organ.
Read More at Wikipedia ›Years after thousands of veterans learned they may have been exposed to infections at government-run hospitals, many are still mired in legal battles seeking compensation from the Department of Veterans Affairs.
In the latest legal setback, a federal appeals court has ruled against a Tennessee veteran who claims he contracted hepatitis B after employees at the Murfreesboro VA hospital negligently failed to properly clean colonoscopy equipment. The ruling could have an impact on similar lawsuits against the VA.The court found that Carl Huddleston's claim, filed more than three years after the procedure, came too late, even though he acted within months after he learned his health could have been endangered. The three-judge panel of the 6th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled last week.Huddleston was one of more than 10,000 veterans notified in 2009 that they needed to be tested for hepatitis B and C and HIV infection because of endoscopic cleaning mistakes at VA facilities in Murfreesboro, Te...
Grammy Award winner Jon Secada on his battle to raise awareness about Hepatitis C and his career.
Sun-dried tomatoes have been linked to an outbreak of potentially deadly hepatitis A in at least seven people in the UK.The infectious disease, which can lead to fat...
New study says infections cause nearly 2 million new cases every year
Although about 85 percent of kids in two U.S. states have had a complete set of hepatitis A vaccines , overall just three in 10 have had both shots, according to a n...
A vaccine to protect against hepatitis C could be in sight, according to British researchers who had promising results from the first human trials.Oxford University ...
Merck & Co's recently approved Victrelis treatment for hepatitis C considerably lessens the effectiveness of some widely used medicines against the virus that causes...
Federal health officials are considering whether anyone born between 1945 and 1965 should get a one-time blood test to check if their livers harbor the ticking time ...
Osiris Therapeutics Inc said on Thursday that Canadian health regulators have approved its treatment for acute graft-versus host disease in children, making it the f...
A condemned killer's fight to receive surgery for agonizing hip pain pushed Kentucky officials into an uncomfortable debate over security, politics and even the poss...
Programs that give injection drug users clean needles or safer drug substitutes may help cut their odds of contracting the liver infection hepatitis C, a new study s...
Casual diners in North Carolina are flocking to get hepatitis A vaccines after a server at an Olive Garden in Fayetteville told her bosses she tested positive for th...
Around the globe, an estimated 2 billion people have been infected with hepatitis , according to new statistics from the World Health Organization – but what's even ...
After six years of abuse, Allah Rakhi was walking out of her marriage when her husband struck again. Snatching a knife, he sliced off her nose. "You're no longer bea...
Hepatitis C is a contagious, viral disease that leads to swelling (inflammation) of the liver. According to the Caring Ambassadors Hepatitis C Program , approximatel...
For the first time, health officials are proposing that all baby boomers get tested for hepatitis C.Anyone born from 1945 to 1965 should get a one-time blood test to...
Earlier this week, the World Health Organization (WHO) released a report demonstrating a rise in the number of human organs being sold on the black market. According...
A combination of experimental hepatitis C drugs from Gilead Sciences Inc and Bristol-Myers Squibb Co showed impressive results in new clinical trial data released on...
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A program to prevent chronic hepatitis B infection in newborns seems to be working, according to a new study from researchers at the Centers for Disease Control and ...
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