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Hepatitis C can be cured. So why aren't more people getting treatment?

A new CDC report finds that just a third of those diagnosed with hepatitis C have cleared the virus — a decade after a cure was made available.

WEKU

CDC data amplifies calls for funding hepatitis plan

Only one-third of individuals diagnosed with hepatitis C have been cured in the decade since cures for the disease became available, according to a study published Thursday from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Tribune News Service

CDC data amplifies calls for funding hepatitis plan - Roll Call

Despite the availability of effective medicines, only one in six uninsured adults under 40 with hepatitis C have been cured.

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Recall issued over frozen strawberry products linked to hepatitis A outbreak

The outbreak linked to frozen organic strawberries imported from Baja California, Mexico,

The Independent UK

Frozen strawberries recall: Costco, Walmart products recalled for Hepatitis A risk

Multiple brands of frozen strawberry products have been linked to a Hepatitis A outbreak.

Axios

FDA issues recall over frozen strawberry products linked to hepatitis A outbreak

The outbreak linked to frozen organic strawberries imported from Baja California, Mexico,

The Independent UK

Father ‘given 12 hours left to live’ after contracting hepatitis B in freak accident

Warning signs of the liver disease include yellowing of the whites of the eyes and skin

The Independent UK

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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.

The Conversation

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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The Hindu

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 Guardian - UK

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 Independent 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.

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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

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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.

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Hepatitis A outbreak worsens

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

Chicago Tribune

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…

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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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