Hepatitis E, like Hepatitis A, is a virus that can be spread through food. It does not get as much attention as Hepatitis A because it is thought to be rare. But, how that is understood may be changing.
The prestigious Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health is out with a study that concludes
The American Society for Microbiology (ASM) Maurice Hilleman/Merck Award has gone to Stanley A. Plotkin, M.D., Professor Emeritus, Wistar Institute and the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, for his lifetime of dedication to vaccinology, including his role in developing vaccines for Hepatitis A.
This award, established in the memory of Maurice Hilleman, honors major contributions to
vaccines, Hepatitis A, Hepatitis A vaccine
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Today (05/19/09) was Hepatitis Awareness Day in the United States and around the World. Many local health departments marked the occasion by offering free vaccines for Hepatitis A & B.
From the Connecticut Department of Public Health (DPH), we pass on this Hepatitis Awareness Day statement:
“Liver disease is a serious public health issue in
This release from a single company speaks volumes about the size of the Hepatitis A vaccine market in India, which has developed in only the last few years. It says:
Hard To Treat Diseases (HTDS) says its China based operating subsidiary Mellow Hope has surpassed sales of 200,000 units of Hepatitis A Vaccine in India.
The war in Mexico between drug dealers and the government last year saw more than 5,300 killed, including 843 just across border in the 120-year old city of Tijuana. Its neighbor to the north is Imperial Beach, CA.
North and south of the Imperial Beach Pier is the Tijuana Estuary at the famed Boca Rio
One time exposure to contaminated food can give you the debilitating illness of Hepatitis A.
Now, however, comes word from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta and the Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium in Anchorage that the antibodies against Hepatitis A keep working for up to 27 years after vaccination.
Reuters Health,
Hepatitis A is covered in a new education website launched by the American Social Health Association (ASHA) with funding from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
The target audience is: Men Who Have Sex with Men, which the social health group refers to as MSMs.
We hope especially that the MSMs who
Okay, the World Health Organization figures one billion people do not have access to any sort of improved drinking water source. As a result, a growing number of health issues face developing countries such as diarrhoeal disease, schistosom`iasis, trachoma, intestinal helminths (ascariasis, trichuriasis and hookworm) and hepatitis A.
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1. CDC Viral Hepatitis – Features facts heets, links, news releases, surveillance, and vaccination information.
www.cdc.gov/NCIDOD/diseases/hepatitis/a/index.htm
2. US FDA/CFSAN – Bad Bug Book – Hepatitis A Virus
Clinical research compiled by the Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, includes symptoms, diagnosis, associated foods.
www.cfsan.fda.gov/~mow/chap31.html
3. MedlinePlus: Hepatitis A – Directory of articles, factsheets, and