Hepatitis

Why Pakistanis Don't Trust America

Saleem H. Ali | Posted 04.22.2012

Read More: Dana Rohrabacher, Kashmir Earthquake, US-Pakistan Relations, Central Intelligence Agency, CIA Pakistan Vaccine, Pakistan, Osama Bin Laden, Raymond Davis, War on Terror, Polio Pakistan, Counterterrorism, Hepatitis, World News

Most Pakistani-Americans, including myself, are relieved that bin Laden is no longer able to plan acts of terrorism. However, what is missing from this narrative is the method used by the CIA to glean the information about his whereabouts.

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Jon Secada Joins Hepatitis C Awareness Campaign

AP | By LAURA WIDES-MUNOZ | Posted 02.16.2012

Read More: Latinos, Jon Secada, Hepatitis C Campaign, Hepatitis C, Hispanic Heritage, Chronic Hepatitis C, Hispanics, American Liver Foundation, Hepatitis, Video, Latino Voices News

MIAMI -- Three-time Grammy winner Jon Secada wishes his father hadn't kept his chronic hepatitis C diagnosis a secret. The Cuban-American singer-song...

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Walmart To Pay Medical Costs Of Any Shoppers Injured By Syringes Found In Clothing

AP | Posted 01.31.2012

Read More: Hypodermic Needles, Syringes, Consumers, Video, Medical Expenses, Wal-Mart Stores Inc., Shopping, Hepatitis, Walmart Syringe Incident, Walmart Syringe, Walmart, Walmart Syringes, Business News

CARTERSVILLE, Ga. — A Wal-Mart Stores Inc. spokeswoman says the retailer will pay for any valid medical expenses for customers harmed as a resul...

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Stopping America's Silent Killer: Viral Hepatitis

Rep. Mike Honda | Posted 01.07.2012

Read More: Hepatitis B, Hepatitis C, John Kerry, Hepatitis Infection, Hepatitis, Mike Honda, Health News News

By Congressman Michael Honda (D-Calif.) and Senator John Kerry (D-Mass.) There's a silent killer loose in America. It is viral hepatitis, and it con...

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China: Where A Blood Test Determines Everything, New Service Offers To Fake Results

Posted 11.27.2011

Read More: China Clean Blood Test, China Blood Test, China, Blood Test, Hepatitis, World News

By Kathleen McLaughlin, GlobalPost BEIJING, China – For at least 10 percent of China’s population, the future can hinge on a blood test. ...

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1/3 Of The World Is Infected With This Disease

Posted 09.25.2011

Read More: Healthy Living Health News, How Many People Have Hepatitis, Hepatitis Infection, Hepatitis World, Hepatitis Infections, How Common Is Hepatitis, Who Has Hepatitis, Hepatitis, Video, Healthy Living News

Around one third of the global population, or 2 billion people, have been infected with the liver disease hepatitis which kills about a million vi...

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Hepatitis C Drug Incivek Approved By FDA

AP | MARLEY SEAMAN | Posted 07.23.2011

Read More: Healthy Living Health News, Hepatitis C Drug, Incivek, Hepatitis Drug, Hepatitis C, Hepatitis, Healthy Living News

NEW YORK — The Food and Drug Administration approved Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc.'s hepatitis C drug Incivek on Monday, making it the second new ...

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Harm Reduction Action Center Seeks To Curtail Disease In Injection Drug User Community

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: HIV/AIDS, Denver Impact, Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, Hepatitis C, Harm Reduction Action Center, Heroin, Lisa Raville, Hrac, Hepatitis, Cdphe, Denver News

Last year, in a move applauded by many public health experts, the Colorado Legislature passed a law approving syringe exchange programs in the state....

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Hepatitis-Spreading Surgery Tech Loses Appeal Of Prison Sentence

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Hepatitis Nurse, Nurse Painkillers, Kristin Parker, Hepatitis, Denver News

DENVER — A federal appeals court in Denver has upheld a 30-year prison sentence for a surgery technician infected with hepatitis C who injected ...

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Hundreds At NY Church Possibly Exposed To Virus

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Church Goers, Church, Mass Hepatitis, Communion Hepatitis, Ny News, Hepatitis, New York News

MASSAPEQUA PARK, N.Y. — Health officials say hundreds of people may have been exposed to hepatitis A while receiving communion on Christmas Day ...

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How We Can Save Over 4 Million Children

Ezekiel J. Emanuel, M.D., Ph.D. | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Whooping Cough, Polio, Pneumonia, Diphtheria, Childhood Vaccine, Hepatitis, Health Care, Vaccines, Ezekiel Emanuel, Health, Healthy Living News

The U.S. cannot vaccine the world's children alone. Immunizing children is a shared responsibility of the world community. But, unfortunately, just 16 countries contribute to the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization .

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PHOTOS: Gross! Hepatitis, Staph And Other Infections You Can Catch From Swimming In The Ocean

Huffington Post | Barbara Fenig | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Mrsa, Polluted Beaches, Mrsa Superbug, Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill, Gastroenteritis, Swimmer's Itch, Legionnaire's Disease, Gulf Oil Spill, Pollution, Exxon Valdez Oil Spill, Hepatitis, Exxon Valdez, Swimming, United States Beaches, Oil Spill, Beach Diseases, Enteric Bacteria, Beaches, Disease, Health, Oil, Slidepollajax, Environment, Pink Eye, Our Oceans, Oceans, Swimmer's Ear, Gulf Coast, Green News

Whether we like it or not, our nation's beaches are not as clean as we would prefer them to be. Ocean water contaminated with sewage, storm run-off an...

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Hepatitis Gone Viral: 100 Times More Infectious Than HIV, Over 40 Americans Dying Daily

Rep. Mike Honda | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Rep Mike Honda, Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus, Center for Disease Control, Hepatitis, Healthy Living News

Few realize how highly infectious viral hepatitis is. Hepatitis B is 100 times more infectious than HIV. Few realize that, left untreated, it can cause liver disease, liver cancer, and premature death decades after infection.

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Long Before Earthquake Destruction in Haiti, A Drinking Water Crisis

Joseph B. Treaster | Posted 05.25.2011

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As the rebuilding of Haiti gets underway, billions of dollars are going to be spent. Some of those dollars, perhaps a billion or more, should be dedicated to cleaning up the country's drinking water.

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The Deadly Ignorance of "Drug Warriors"

Norm Stamper | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Australia, Drug Treatment, John Gilbride, Hiv, Clean Needle and Syringe Programs, Switzerland, Vancouver, United Kingdom, Take Charge Take Care, Dea, Legalize Drugs, Addiction, B.C., New York City, Hepatitis, Drug Prevention, Prohibition, Supervised Injection Site, Peter Vallone, Addicts, Heroin for Dummies, Reefer Madness, Drug Warriors, Portugal, Bridget Brennan, Methadone, Drug Czar, Anslinger, Politics News

A person addicted to heroin needs the drug as much as a diabetic needs insulin. How he or she gets it is problematic, but until we legalize and tax heroin, we need outreach programs to alleviate suffering and save lives.

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McDonald's Sued After Hepatitis Outbreak

AP | CARLA K. JOHNSON | Posted 05.25.2011

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CHICAGO (AP) -- An attorney who specializes in food safety filed a lawsuit Tuesday against McDonald's following a hepatitis A outbreak in northwestern...

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Kristen Diane Parker, Scrub Technician, Causes Major Hepatitis Scare In Colorado

AP | P. SOLOMON BANDA | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Colorado, Hepatitis Scare Colorado, Hepatitis, Hepatitis C, Kristen Diane Parker, Hepatitis Scare, Home News

DENVER — Kimberly Spencer's 9-year-old son went to Audubon Ambulatory Surgery Center last month for what was supposed to be a routine surgery. T...

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Chinese Hospital Infects 64 With Hepatitis

New York Times | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Chinese Hospital, Hepatitis, China Hepatitis, China Healthcare, Hepatitis C, China, World News

At least 64 people have been infected with hepatitis C after receiving transfusions of tainted blood at a county hospital in southern China, a hospita...

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Allman Brothers Band Cancels Concerts

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Allman Brothers, Gregg Allman, Butch Trucks, Hepatitis, Entertainment News

ATLANTA — An Allman Brothers Band member says Gregg Allman is unable to play several upcoming concerts because of his treatments for hepatitis C...

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Ashton Kutcher's Birthday Crashed By Hepatitis A

Wall Street Journal | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Demi Moore, Ashton Kutcher Birthday, Hepatitis, Socialista, Ashton Kutcher Hepatitis, Ashton Kutcher, Entertainment News

Uh-oh! Ashton Kutcher may have been Punk'd by a trendy New York restaurant. Earlier this month, wife Demi Moore threw her husband a 30th birthday part...

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