Ghana: Efforts to Prevent Childhood Hepatitis B Laudable
[Ghanaian Times] The Ghana Health Service (GHS) has announced its intention to introduce a vaccine for Hepatitis B virus (HBV) to be administered to babies at birth. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - July 27, 2023 Category: African Health Tags: Ghana Health and Medicine West Africa Source Type: news
Ghana: Childhood Immunisation Programme - Newborns to Receive Hepatitis B Vaccines ...Within 24hrs of Birth Beginning Next Year
[Ghanaian Times] Ghana will from next year introduce a vaccine for Hepatitis B virus (HBV) to be administered to babies at birth, the Director-General (D-G) of the Ghana Health Service (GHS), Dr Patrick Kuma-Aboagye, has said. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - July 27, 2023 Category: African Health Tags: Ghana Health and Medicine West Africa Source Type: news
Hep C has a secret strategy to evade the immune system. And now we know what it is
How does the hepatitis C virus keep the immune system at bay? A scientist finds the answer — and it involves a standard technique used by villains.(Image credit: BSIP/Universal Images Group via Getty Images) (Source: NPR Health and Science)
Source: NPR Health and Science - July 26, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Bec Roldan Source Type: news
UK prime minister urged to speed up compensation for infected blood scandal victims
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak says he is committed to paying out compensation swiftly to thousands of people affected by the country’s infected blood scandal, which saw more than 2,000 patients die after contracting HIV or hepatitis from transfusi... (Source: ABC News: Health)
Source: ABC News: Health - July 26, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Health Source Type: news
Prevalence of Hep C-Positive Pregnancies Increased From 1998 to 2018
TUESDAY, July 25, 2023 -- From 1998 to 2018, there was an increase in the prevalence of hepatitis C virus (HCV)-positive pregnancies, according to a study published online July 21 in JAMA Network Open.
Po-Hung Chen, M.D., Ph.D., from the Johns... (Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News)
Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - July 25, 2023 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
Consumer Health: Are you at risk for hepatitis?
World Hepatitis Day will be observed Friday, July 28, which makes this a good time to learn more about three types of hepatitis and the risk factors for each. Hepatitis is inflammation of the liver. The five main strains of the hepatitis virus are referred to as types A, B, C, D and E. While they all cause liver disease, they differ in geographic prevalence, modes of transmission, severity of illness and prevention methods, according to the… (Source: News from Mayo Clinic)
Source: News from Mayo Clinic - July 25, 2023 Category: Databases & Libraries Source Type: news
Gilead stops trial of cancer drug that was central to $4.9 billion deal
The drug is part of Gilead's diversification strategy beyond HIV and hepatitis. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - July 24, 2023 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Ron Leuty Source Type: news
The Head of the Global Vaccine Group Gavi Is Stepping Down. Here ’s What He Learned During the Pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic was a crucible for the public health world, and perhaps none were tested more than Gavi, the global nonprofit that makes vaccines its business. Faced with ensuring that the COVID-19 vaccines reached as many people in the developing world as possible, the organization created a new entity, COVAX, that served as the conduit for purchasing and distributing vaccines for the lowest-resource countries in the world.
Dr. Seth Berkley, who has headed the organization for years, is stepping down in August when his current term ends.
In a conversation with TIME, Berkley reflects on his tenure and what he, Gavi, ...
Source: TIME: Health - July 24, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Alice Park Tags: Uncategorized COVID-19 healthscienceclimate Source Type: news
The Head of the Global Vaccine Group Gavi Is Resigning. Here ’s What He Learned During the Pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic was a crucible for the public health world, and perhaps none were tested more than Gavi, the global nonprofit that makes vaccines its business. Faced with ensuring that the COVID-19 vaccines reached as many people in the developing world as possible, the organization created a new entity, COVAX, that served as the conduit for purchasing and distributing vaccines for the lowest-resource countries in the world.
Dr. Seth Berkley, who has headed the organization for years, is stepping down in August when his current term ends.
In a conversation with TIME, Berkley reflects on his tenure and what he, Gavi, ...
Source: TIME: Health - July 24, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Alice Park Tags: Uncategorized COVID-19 healthscienceclimate Source Type: news
America will struggle to pay for ultra-expensive gene therapies
T is familiar, the liquid inside could be water—but the price tag is a little more unusual. A shot of Zolgensma, a gene therapy for spinal-muscular atrophy, comes to $2.1m. It is one of a new generation of ultra-expensive medicines. Treatments for beta-thalassemia and haemophilia, two blood…#zolgensma #haemophilia #vertex #medicaid #michaelkleinrock #franciscollins #innovationcentre #zandyforbes #meirax #hepatitis (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - July 22, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Hepatitis C Rates Soar Among Pregnant Women
FRIDAY, July 21, 2023 – In the two decades since the opioid epidemic took off, the addiction crisis has claimed the lives of hundreds of thousands of Americans.
Now, new research points to another grim outgrowth of the crisis on American health: a... (Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews)
Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews - July 21, 2023 Category: General Medicine Source Type: news
Hep C Infections in Pregnancy Skyrocketed Over the Past Two Decades
(MedPage Today) -- The prevalence of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infections in pregnant women increased 16-fold over a 21-year period, with associated higher risks of adverse perinatal outcomes, according to a cross-sectional study.
Among more than... (Source: MedPage Today Infectious Disease)
Source: MedPage Today Infectious Disease - July 21, 2023 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Is a ‘polyepidemic’ humanity’s next big threat? Childhood vaccine crusader shares concerns for future
By the start of 2011, the year epidemiologist Seth Berkley became CEO of Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, the ambitious nonprofit had over its 11-year history supported the immunization of 288 million children in poor countries. But it also had a $3.7 billion funding gap between its plans and donor financial pledges. Making matters worse, an internal battle raged about how much it should invest in strengthening health systems versus more technological solutions, such as new or improved vaccines, favored by its main funder, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. “It was a crisis,” Berkley says.
Berkley plans to step ...
Source: ScienceNOW - July 20, 2023 Category: Science Source Type: news
Hepatitis cases, heart valve infection deaths tied to OxyContin marketing
In a new study, researchers show that infectious disease rates in the United States also climbed as a direct long-term result of marketing for the painkiller. (Source: Yale Science and Health News)
Source: Yale Science and Health News - July 19, 2023 Category: Universities & Medical Training Source Type: news
Velia Therapeutics Announces Appointment of Veteran Drug Developer, John McHutchison, AO, MD as President and Chief Executive Officer
Dr. McHutchison is a world-renowned physician, scientist, and drug developer who has led the research and development of numerous marketed therapies for chronic hepatitis B (HBV), chronic hepatitis C (HCV) and multiple other serious diseases.
Dr. McHutc... Biopharmaceuticals, Personnel Velia Therapeutics (Source: HSMN NewsFeed)
Source: HSMN NewsFeed - July 19, 2023 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
