Health Officials Encourage Vaccination Against Hepatitis A
In light of ongoing, significant outbreaks ofhepatitis A throughout the country, state health officials are encouraging vaccination against the hepatitis A virus. Although there is not a current outbreak in Wisconsin, the state did have four cases of hepatitis A reported earlier this year. Outbreaks have occurred in other Midwest states, including Illinois, and preparation for such an outbreak in Wisconsin is ongoing. Each year Wisconsin typically has 10...(see release) (Source: Wisconsin DHFS Press Releases)
Source: Wisconsin DHFS Press Releases - April 9, 2019 Category: Hospital Management Authors: millejcodn Source Type: news
What Does the Liver Do?
Discussion
The liver is one of the largest organs in the body, weighing just over 3 pounds in an adult. It is found in the upper right abdomen, under the right dome of the diaphragm. Grossly, it has asymmetric lobes with the right being larger than the left. The lobes are separated by a fibrous connective tissue band that also anchors the liver in the abdominal cavity. The gallbladder is located on the inferior surface of the liver and stores bile, which is then released into the duodenum. Microscopically, the liver cells are arranged in lobules with canals carrying blood vessels and bile ducts. At any moment about 10-13% ...
Source: PediatricEducation.org - April 1, 2019 Category: Pediatrics Authors: pediatriceducationmin Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: news
Officials reach out to homeless to get vaccinated against hepatitis A as the liver disease surges
Health officials are urging homeless people and drug users to get the hepatitis A vaccine after more than 11,000 cases were reported across the country in 2018 with about 40 deaths. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - March 13, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
QuickStats: Injury Death Rates for Persons Aged 15-19 Years, by Intent - United States, 1999-2017
The injury death rate for persons aged 15-19 years declined from 52.7 per 100,000 in 1999 to 32.8 in 2013 but then increased to 40.0 in 2017. (Source: CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report)
Source: CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report - March 7, 2019 Category: American Health Tags: Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) Clostridium tetani Infection Hepatitis A MMWR Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report Polio (poliomyelitis) Respiratory Illness Staphylococcus aureus (Staph) Tetanus Veterans Health D Source Type: news
Erratum: Vol. 67, No. 43
In the report " Update: Recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices for Use of Hepatitis A Vaccine for Postexposure Prophylaxis and for Preexposure Prophylaxis for International Travel, " errors occurred in Table 1. (Source: CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report)
Source: CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report - March 7, 2019 Category: American Health Tags: Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) Clostridium tetani Infection Hepatitis A MMWR Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report Polio (poliomyelitis) Respiratory Illness Staphylococcus aureus (Staph) Tetanus Veterans Health Source Type: news
Liver Transplant Saves Critically Ill Patient
Treatment TermsAutoimmune HepatitisLiver transplant
Overview
Ray Thompson was a teenager when doctors first suspected something was wrong with his liver. He was an adult when he learned his condition was autoimmune hepatitis, a chronic disease in which the body ’s immune system attacks the liver. He kept it under control, but his luck ran out two years ago -- when he became so ill that he needed a liver transplant. While researching liver transplant programs, his wife discovered Duke was one of the best. Thompson was evaluated for the transplant and plac ed on the waitlist within one week of his first appointment. Th...
Source: dukehealth.org: Duke Health News - February 27, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: dg62 at duke.edu Source Type: news
Officials: Ohio has a hepatitis A outbreak, but it's not new
The Ohio Department of Health says reports that wrongly imply a newly declared outbreak of hepatitis A are circulating around the state, apparently prompted by a recent case involving a restaurant worker (Source: ABC News: Health)
Source: ABC News: Health - February 18, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Health Source Type: news
Recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices for Use of Hepatitis A Vaccine for Persons Experiencing Homelessness
All persons aged 1 year and older experiencing homelessness should be routinely immunized against hepatitis A virus infection. Vaccination of homeless persons facilitates integration of hepatitis A vaccine into routine preventive services. (Source: CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report)
Source: CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report - February 14, 2019 Category: American Health Tags: Hepatitis A Hepatitis A Vaccination MMWR Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report Source Type: news
A new protocol for Hepatitis A vaccination to prevent a vaccine-resistant virus
(University of Barcelona) Researchers of the University of Barcelona (UB) have analysed, with massive sequencing techniques for the first time, the evolution of the Hepatitis A virus with samples from patients. The results, published in the journal EBioMedicine, show the presence of variants of the virus that could escape the effects of the vaccine. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - February 8, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
FluMist, HBV Vax Make the 2019 Immunization Schedule
(MedPage Today) -- Also, routine hepatitis A vaccination for the homelessness (Source: MedPage Today Public Health)
Source: MedPage Today Public Health - February 5, 2019 Category: American Health Source Type: news
Disney World worker has Hepatitis A, no others ill
Health officials in Florida say a worker at a Walt Disney World restaurant has been diagnosed with Hepatitis A, but no other colleagues or visitors have gotten sick (Source: ABC News: Health)
Source: ABC News: Health - January 29, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Health Source Type: news
Chocolates, Candies May be Contaminated With Hepatitis A: FDA
Title: Chocolates, Candies May be Contaminated With Hepatitis A: FDACategory: Health NewsCreated: 1/10/2019 12:00:00 AMLast Editorial Review: 1/11/2019 12:00:00 AM (Source: MedicineNet Digestion General)
Source: MedicineNet Digestion General - January 11, 2019 Category: Nutrition Source Type: news
Candies May be Contaminated With Hepatitis A
A public health alert about possible hepatitis A contamination in Modjeskas from Bauer's Candies was announced Thursday by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. (Source: WebMD Health)
Source: WebMD Health - January 10, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
FDA: Chocolates, Candies May Be Contaminated With Hepatitis A
THURSDAY, Jan. 10, 2019 -- A public health alert about possible hepatitis A contamination in Modjeskas from Bauer ' s Candies was announced Thursday by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
Consumers who bought the individually wrapped marshmallow... (Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News)
Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - January 10, 2019 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
Chocolate-covered marshmallows recalled nationwide over hepatitis A fears
Bauer's Candies' modjeskas - marshmallow dipped in chocolate or caramel - are a delicacy of Kentucky, sold across the US. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - January 10, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
