The Latest Breaking News from Hepatitis

The Biden administration is seeking billions of dollars for a new push to wipe out hepatitis C, a virus that has continued to kill thousands of people annually in the U.S. despite the existence of extremely effective medications that can cure the infection within months.

Scientists from the Institut Pasteur, Necker-Enfants Malades Hospital (AP-HP), Inserm in the Imagine Institute, Universite Paris Cite and the Alfort National Veterinary School (EnvA) have identified a previously unknown species of circovirus, provisionally named human circovirus 1 (HCirV-1). Read further on Dynamite News:

A number of food products have been recalled by Irish supermarkets over safety fears as households have been asked to check their fridges and cupboards

Chicken, yoghurt and chocolate are among the items that the Food Safety Authority of Ireland has issued Food Alerts or Food Allergen Alerts about in recent months. Some of the affected products were for sale in the likes of Dunnes, Lidl, Tesco, SuperValu, Aldi and other shops across the island.

People were infected with HIV and/or Hepatitis C as a result of contaminated blood transfusions between the 1970s and 1990s.

Only 0.1 per cent of babies born to hepatitis B positive mothers go on to develop the disease

The UK Health Security Agency said progress had been made on tackling the viral infection.

Worried parents reportedly asked whether they should keep their children at home following an outbreak of Hepatitis A among pupils at a primary school, with authorities now giving out vaccinations

LOS ANGELES — Fewer people have gotten crucial medication for hepatitis C under Medi-Cal in recent years, troubling advocates who have pushed to expand the lifesaving treatment.

Andrew Bragg made three clear recommendations he said would help ensure no-one suffers at the hands of NHS errors like the victims of the contaminated blood scandal have

State government is failing to deliver harm reduction programs needed to eliminate the virus, advocates say