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Calls for 'vital' HIV testing scheme to be extended to Liverpool

The scheme has been implemented already in London, Brighton, Manchester and Blackpool

Liverpool Echo

A&E testing scheme finds thousands of people with HIV and hepatitis

The £20 million scheme means the testing programme, which started in April 2022, can run in 33 hospital emergency departments over three years.

The Independent UK

Hepatitis B is a life-threatening liver infection – our machine learning tool could help with early detection

More than 296 million people worldwide live with hepatitis B, a potentially life-threatening liver infection caused by the hepatitis B virus (HBV). Most don’t know they are infected, so they don’t get medical care. Clinical care improves the patient’s outcome and can prevent them from infecting others.

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Hepatitis C symptoms, how to test at home and treatment for 'silent killer' virus

The blood-borne virus affects more than 150 million people across the world, dubbed a 'silent killer' as symptoms often go unnoticed.

Daily Record

Hepatitis C symptoms and how to do a home test for 'silent killer' virus

Infection usually displays no real red flags until it causes enough damage to bring on liver disease. The blood-borne virus - dubbed a 'silent killer' - often progresses so slowly it can largely go unnoticed for decades.

Daily Mirror

George Maharis, ‘Route 66’ star, dies at 94

Friend says actor died at his home in Beverly Hills, California, after contracting hepatitis.

Chicago Sun-Times

Noosa's Hastings Street 'trying to get ahead' of potential hepatitis A outbreak

Health experts are rushing to install a pop-up clinic to stave off a feared hepatitis A outbreak on one of Australia's best-known holiday dining and shopping strips.

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Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease predominant cause of liver cancer in Kerala, shows study

The study, which analysed the data of 1,217 patients with liver cancer from across Kerala reported cirrhosis associated with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease to be the direct cause in 44% patients.

The Hindu

Preventing millions of hepatitis deaths is a ‘thundering moral imperative’

By 2040 the disease could kill more people each year than malaria, TB and Aids combined – despite the cost of treatment being ‘less than dinner for two’

The Guardian - UK

Home-testing kits for hepatitis C made available in England

The free service is designed to reach people who may not access other health services.

The Independent UK

Edinburgh man infected by hepatitis C says government should pay compensation

Bruce Norval says that he fears the British government are dragging their feet with paying out compensation to

Edinburgh Live

Scots dad infected with hep C by NHS pleads for fast track compo as he's 'running out of time'

Bruce Norval, 58, fears Downing Street is in no hurry to start paying out as the Government faces a £12billion bill, with every death likely to reduce that bill.

Daily Record

Hepatitis A outbreak worsens

You may want to skip the frozen fruits section at your grocery store until the recent recalls have been lifted

Salon

Commentary: Did COVID-19 cause pediatric hepatitis? Skepticism helped find an answer

Two qualities a first-class science journalist and a first-class physician must have are patience and a skeptical nature. If a new disease appears somewhere, the journalist and the physician need the skepticism to reject easy explanations of the source. As it has been said of war, first impressions are often…

Chicago Tribune

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Health: HIV, hepatitis B, hepatitis C can be detected from a single drop of blood

Hepatitis B or C claim over a million lives each year. Every year about 6,50,000 people die from HIV-related causes. Read further on Dynamite News:

Tribune News Service

No-cost preventive services are now in jeopardy. Here’s what you need to know

When a federal judge in Texas declared unconstitutional a popular part of the Affordable Care Act that ensures no-cost preventive care for certain services, such as screening exams for conditions such as diabetes, hepatitis, and certain cancers, it left a lot of people with a lot of questions.

The Independent UK

Infected Blood Inquiry recommendations ‘light at end of tunnel’ for survivors

Survivors have welcomed a recommendation by Infected Blood Inquiry chair Sir Brian Langstaff to extend reparations to bereaved parents and children.

The Independent UK

I just want justice for my family – infected blood scandal victims speak out

Thousands of people were infected with HIV and hepatitis by contaminated blood between 1970 and 1991.

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The Independent UK

Report to set out details on compensation for victims of infected blood scandal

Thousands of patients were infected with HIV and hepatitis C through contaminated blood products in the 1970s and 1980s.

The Conversation

We investigated the cause of an unexplained outbreak of hepatitis in children in the UK – here's what we found

In the spring of 2022, a paediatric gastroenterologist treating children in the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital in Glasgow issued an alert to Public Health Scotland (PHS), warning of an unusual outbreak of hepatitis cases in her clinic.

The Guardian - UK

More than 200 children cured of hepatitis C in world-first NHS scheme

Exclusive: England on track to become first country to eliminate disease after landmark deal for new drugs

Daily Mirror

Beethoven may have drunk himself to death, scientists say after studying composer's hair

Researchers say he was predisposed to liver disease and infected with Hepatitis B, and combined with a love of wine it might have been the fatal combination

Asharq Al-Awsat

What Made Beethoven Sick? DNA from His Hair Offers Clues

Nearly 200 years after Ludwig van Beethoven's death, researchers pulled DNA from strands of his hair, searching for clues about the health problems and hearing loss that plagued him. They weren't able to crack the case of the German composer's deafness or severe stomach ailments. But they did find a…

The Guardian - UK

Beethoven’s bad liver may not have been solely down to alcohol, say experts

Cambridge study reveals the great composer experienced a hepatitis B infection and was at high risk for liver disease

ABC News

Beethoven's DNA from a tuft of hair reveals new insights into his health and family

An international team of scientists sequence Beethoven's DNA from tufts of hair cut from his wild thatch in an attempt to find a genetic root of what ailed him.

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