Hepatitis

Three more students of a coaching institute in the Jawahar Nagar area here tested positive for hepatitis A, taking the number of those affected by the disease to 44. Meanwhile, the Kota district administration submitted a report regarding such cases to the Chief Minister's Office, three days after a NEET aspirants died from the infection during treatment. Kota District Collector O P Bunker has asked the management of the coaching institute and hostels where contaminated water was detected to use RO water. During a survey, students of only one coaching institute in Jawahar Nagar were found to be affected. During inquiry, it came to the fore that water was being supplied through tankers, said Deputy CMHO Ghanshyam Meena. He said the stored water was found contaminated. Students reported that they used to drink the same water in the coaching centre and also took bottles of water to hostel, the official said. According to a preliminary report by the CMHO, contaminated water was possib

The World Health Organization (WHO) has been keeping a close eye on the puzzling spread of hepatitis in previously healthy children, which has left dozens needing life-saving liver transplants

A multistate outbreak of hepatitis A infections in the US and Canada is likely linked to contaminated organic strawberries sold in leading grocery stores, according to the US FDA

The CDC said adenovirus may be the cause of these reported cases, but other potential environmental and situational factors are still being investigated

A recent spate of severe liver inflammation (hepatitis) has been reported in previously healthy children. As of April 21, there have been 169 confirmed cases of acute hepatitis of unknown origin

Nearly 170 cases of Hepatitis of unknown origin among children have been reported by the WHO, which says that there has been at least one death already

Approval from the drug regulator follows late-stage study of the medicine

95% subjects in the test who received a single dose of PegiHepTM along with SOC became virus free as assessed by RT-PCR on day 14, compared to 68% of those who only received SOC

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The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the 2020 Nobel Prize in Physics with one half to Roger Penrose and the other half jointly to Reinhard Genzel and Andrea Ghez

Harvey J Alter, Michael Houghton and Charles M Rice jointly honoured for their decisive contribution to the fight against blood-borne hepatitis, a major global health problem

The World Health Organization estimates there are over 70 million cases of hepatitis worldwide and 400,000 deaths each year

What is Hepatitis B, what are its symptoms, treatment and how to prevent Hepatitis B - these are some of the questions we'll be answering

In India, an estimated 4 crore people are suffering from hepatitis B and almost 1.2 crore from hepatitis C

Hepatitis is spread through injecting drug use and unsafe use of syringes