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UAE-wide hepatitis C awareness campaign launchedThe Emirates Gastroenterology and Hepatology Society (EGHS) has launched a country-wide testing campaign across the UAE in co-operation with the Ministry of Healthy, in its attempt to combat the hepatitis C disease in the emirates. More… |
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Australia plans country-of-origin food labellingAustralia will introduce mandatory country-of-origin food labelling from 2016, Prime Minister Tony Abbott said on Tuesday, a move given impetus by a hepatitis outbreak earlier in the year blamed on contaminated berries from China. More… |
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Australia plans country-of-origin food labellingAustralia will introduce mandatory country-of-origin food labelling from 2016, Prime Minister Tony Abbott said on Tuesday, a move given impetus by a hepatitis outbreak earlier in the year blamed on contaminated berries from China. More… |
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WHO adds Hep C drugs to essential list, urges lower pricesThe World Health Organization has added new curative treatments for hepatitis C to its essential medicines list, but the UN agency said prices needed to fall to make them accessible to patients in poorer countries. The treatment o More… |
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240m people infected with hepatitis B virus: WHOAbout 240 million people worldwide have chronic hepatitis B virus with the highest rates of infection in Africa and Asia, according to World Health Organisation (WHO). People with chronic hepatitis B infection, which spreads throu More… |
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WHO calls for worldwide use of ‘smart’ syringesAdoption of safety-engineered syringes is absolutely critical to protecting people worldwide from becoming infected with HIV, hepatitis and other diseases, said a top official of the World Health Organisation (WHO). “This sh More… |
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Merck hepatitis C drugs show promiseA two-drug combination being tested by Merck & Co to treat hepatitis C cured 98 percent of previously untreated patients without cirrhosis in a midstage clinical trial, providing the latest evidence that the US drugmaker will be highly compe More… |
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FDA strengthens hepatitis B warning on cancer drugsUS health regulators have strengthened the warnings on two blood cancer drugs to reflect the risk that they may reactivate the hepatitis B virus in patients previously infected with the disease. The warnings affect GlaxoSmithKline More… |
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WHO urges governments to act on hepatitis threatThe World Health Organization (WHO) is urging governments to act against the five hepatitis viruses that can cause severe liver infections and lead to 1.4 million deaths every year, as part of World Hepatitis Day which falls on July 28. More… |
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UAE launches Hepatitis awareness campaignThe Emirates Gastroenterology and Hepatology Society (EGHS)-Emirates Medical Association has announced the launch of a two-month Hepatitis C virus awareness campaign in the emirates. Leading pharma group Roche is the official spon More… |
