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3 Important Differentiations Between Hepatitis A, B, and C

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By: Gastroenterology of Greater Orlando May is recognized as Hepatitis Awareness Month, an opportunity to educate the public about the importance of prevention, testing, and treatment of viral hepatitis....

Philippines: Health officials call on parents to get their children vaccinated, Warns of ’13 life-threatening diseases’

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NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews The Department of Health (DOH) reiterated its call to all parents to bring their infants and kids to health centers to get free vaccination shots that will protect them...

Pakistan: 5% of blood donors in Sindh were positive for one or more infectious disease

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By NewsDesk  @bactiman63 According to data from the Sindh Blood Transfusion Authority (SBTA), 5.28 percent of blood donors in the province were positive to one or more of the infectious diseases tested. Blood...

Vir Biotechnology & Gilead Announce Phase 2 Clinical Trial Collab for Functional Cure of Hepatitis B Virus

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Gilead Sciences, Inc. and Vir Biotechnology, Inc. announced this week that the companies have entered into a clinical collaboration to evaluate novel therapeutic combination strategies aimed at developing...

Routine childhood vaccines benefits far outweigh risks of additional COVID-19 transmission in Africa: Study

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The health benefits of maintaining routine childhood vaccination programmes in Africa during the COVID-19 pandemic far outweigh the risk of SARS-CoV-2 transmission that might be associated with clinic...

Brazil distributes 1.7 million doses of pentavalent vaccine to states

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By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews Brazil Health Ministry officials reported Thursday the distribution of 1.7 million doses of pentavalent vaccine to the various states. This in turn will be sent to...

Princeton University researchers explore hepatitis B and HDV infection using new cell culture system

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Princeton University researchers have developed a new, scalable cell culture system that allows for detailed investigation of how host cells respond to infection with hepatitis B (HBV) and delta virus...

Infectious disease bric-a-bracs: Canada vaccine shortage, AFM surgery

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Here is a look at some interesting infectious disease and health news reported across the globe: Canada-wide Hep A and Hep B vaccine shortage A Canada-wide shortage of hepatitis A and B vaccines is a...

Six disease combo vaccine, VAXELIS, receives FDA nod

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Global health care company, Sanofi, announced Wednesday that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the pediatric hexavalent combination vaccine, VAXELIS™ . VAXELIS was developed as part...

Nigeria launches national Hepatitis treatment services directory

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The Nigerian government has launched the Viral Hepatitis Health Facility Directory, an easily accessible public guide with information on the location of health facilities that provide Hepatitis treatment...