CDC: Hepatitis A Infections Soaring
Although 2016 saw two outbreaks of hepatitis A caused by contaminated food, the main reason for outbreaks has been the living conditions of drug addicts and the homeless. (Source: WebMD Health)
Source: WebMD Health - May 10, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Hepatitis A Infections Up Nearly 300 Percent in Recent Years Hepatitis A Infections Up Nearly 300 Percent in Recent Years
Hepatitis A infections have risen almost 300 percent in recent years, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Infectious Diseases Headlines)
Source: Medscape Infectious Diseases Headlines - May 9, 2019 Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: Infectious Diseases News Source Type: news
Hepatitis A cases surge by 300% in 3 years, CDC reveals as the opioid epidemic fuels the spread
Hepatitis A is spreading through homeless populations and, particularly among injection opioid users, fueling dramatic increases in nine US states, the CDC's report reveals. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - May 9, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Hepatitis A infections increased by nearly 300% over two years, report says
Hepatitis A, a vaccine-preventable illness, like measles, has made a resurgence among adults in the United States who are at risk for the infection, according to a new report. (Source: CNN.com - Health)
Source: CNN.com - Health - May 9, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Increase in Hepatitis A Virus Infections - United States, 2013-2018
During 2016-2018, reports of hepatitis A infections in the United States increased by 294% compared with 2013-2015. (Source: CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report)
Source: CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report - May 9, 2019 Category: American Health Tags: Hepatitis Hepatitis A Hepatitis A Vaccination MMWR Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report Outbreaks Prevention Source Type: news
Hepatitis Awareness Month and Testing Day - May 2019
May is Hepatitis Awareness Month, and May 19 is Hepatitis Testing Day. Many people with hepatitis B and hepatitis C remain unaware of their infection until serious complications occur. (Source: CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report)
Source: CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report - May 9, 2019 Category: American Health Tags: Hepatitis Hepatitis A Hepatitis A Vaccination Hepatitis B Hepatitis B Screening Hepatitis B Vaccination Hepatitis C MMWR Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report Source Type: news
Hepatitis A Infections Soaring: CDC
THURSDAY, May 9, 2019 -- The number of Americans infected with hepatitis A has grown nearly 300% in just three years, health officials reported Thursday.
The staggering increase has come despite an effective vaccine and is seen mostly among drug... (Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews)
Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews - May 9, 2019 Category: General Medicine Source Type: news
Tampa Bay area is the hardest hit as hepatitis A cases soar past 1,000 statewide
Florida has had a reported 1,037 cases of the liver disease hepatitis A this year, nearly double the amount reported for all of 2018, according to numbers posted on the state Department of Health website.
The numbers, as of Saturday, show a continued escalation of the contagious disease. Health officials say the outbreak started last year, when the state had 548 cases. That was more than double the 276 cases in 2017 and far more than the 122 cases in 2016.
The new Department of Health numbers… (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care News Headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care News Headlines - May 7, 2019 Category: Health Management Source Type: news
Health officials: Arizona sees surge of hepatitis A cases
Health officials say Arizona is seeing a surge in hepatitis A cases, mostly in the Tucson area but also in metro Phoenix (Source: ABC News: Health)
Source: ABC News: Health - May 6, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Health Source Type: news
Hundreds of Florida students may have been exposed to hepatitis A at prom
An employee of a Silverthorn Country Club in Florida was diagnosed with Hepatitis and may have exposed students of two high schools that held their proms at the club last month. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - May 3, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
HAV Infection Among Previously Vaccinated Persons With HIV HAV Infection Among Previously Vaccinated Persons With HIV
This report indicates that previous vaccination for hepatitis A did not reliably provide protection among some persons with HIV infection.Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report (Source: Medscape Allergy Headlines)
Source: Medscape Allergy Headlines - May 1, 2019 Category: Allergy & Immunology Tags: HIV/AIDS Journal Article Source Type: news
Designer drugs to inhibit hepatitis A virus
(PLOS) Structure-based drug design revealed that a compound previously investigated for the treatment of head-and-neck cancer could function as a lead compound for the development of drugs to treat hepatitis A virus infection, according to a study publishing April 30, 2019 in the open-access journal PLOS Biology by Dan Su of Sichuan University, Zihe Rao of Tsinghua University, Xiangxi Wang of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and colleagues. (Source: EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases)
Source: EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases - April 30, 2019 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Cincinnati restaurant patrons advised to get vaccinated
A worker at U.S. Chili in Camp Washington has been diagnosed with hepatitis A, and the Cincinnati Health Department is advising some people who ate at the restaurant earlier this month to get vaccinated.
This is the first instance that risk of exposure from a food handler has been identified in the city of Cincinnati since a 2018 outbreak of hepatitis A in Ohio.
The rare but highly contagious liver disease usually spreads when someone unknowingly ingests the virus from food, drinks or objects … (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Physician Practices headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Physician Practices headlines - April 18, 2019 Category: American Health Authors: Barrett J. Brunsman Source Type: news
Notes from the Field: Hepatitis A Outbreak Associated with Drug Use and Homelessness --- West Virginia, 2018
As of August 28, 2018, 664 outbreak-associated hepatitis A cases were identified by the Kanawha-Charleston Health Department. (Source: CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report)
Source: CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report - April 11, 2019 Category: American Health Tags: Hepatitis A Homelessness MMWR Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report Source Type: news
Notes from the Field: Acute Hepatitis A Virus infection Among Previously Vaccinated Persons with HIV Infection --- Tennessee, 2018
Among 249 confirmed cases of hepatitis A virus infection, 4% occurred among persons with human immunodeficiency virus infection. (Source: CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report)
Source: CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report - April 11, 2019 Category: American Health Tags: Hepatitis A HIV/AIDS MMWR Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report Source Type: news
