Current Hepatitis News
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- May 18, 2012 | CDC Press Release
CDC Announces First Ever National Hepatitis Testing Day and Proposes that All Baby Boomers Be Tested Once for Hepatitis C
The CDC has issued draft guidelines proposing that all U.S. baby boomers get tested for the hepatitis C virus (HCV). In the U.S., one in 30 baby boomers has HCV and is unaware of their status.
Read Article > - May 17, 2012 | Philadelphia Inquirer
Hepatitis C: A silent epidemic (you can help stop on Saturday)
A local community article highlighting the need to get tested for hepatitis and the activities of the Philadelphia Department of Public Health for National Hepatitis Testing Day on May 19.
Read Article > - May 15, 2012 | Public Health Reports, Surgeon General’s Perspectives
Raising Awareness of Viral Hepatitis: National Hepatitis Testing Day
There is a general lack of appreciation for the prevalence of viral hepatitis in the United States. Spawned from the Department of Health and Human Service’s 2011 report titled “Combating the Silent Epidemic of Viral Hepatitis: Action Plan for the Prevention, Care and Treatment of Viral Hepatitis,” the first annual National Hepatitis Testing Day will take place on May 19, 2012.
Read Article > - May 15, 2012 | The Times and Democrat (Orangeburg, SC)
May 19 is National Hepatitis Testing Day
There are an estimated 58,000 to 85,000 people hepatitis B and hepatitis C in South Carolina. Local health officials will be promoting hepatitis testing on National Hepatitis Testing Day and throughout the summer of 2012.
Read Article > - May 14, 2012 | blog.AIDS.gov
May 19 Is Hepatitis Testing Day
This blog article recognizing May 19 as Hepatitis Testing Day in the United States and highlights useful tools for dissemination (i.e., CDC risk assessment tool, Know More Hepatitis Campaign, etc.).
Read Article > - May 12, 2012 | Annals of Internal Medicine
Reactivation of Hepatitis B During Immunosuppressive Therapy: Potentially Fatal Yet Preventable
Reactivation of the hepatitis B virus (HBV) is found to varying degrees in those receiving immunosuppressive therapy, chemotherapy for hematologic cancer, treatment of solid tumors, antirejection treatment, long-term corticosteroid therapy and tumor necrosis factor-α inhibitors.
Read an extract > - May 03, 2012 | blog.AIDS.gov
Raising Awareness of Hepatitis B In the Asian and Pacific Islander Communities
Dr. Howard Koh, Assistant Secretary for Health at the Department of Health and Human Services, sheds light on the disproportionate burden of viral hepatitis among the Asian American and Pacific Islander population in the United States. As May is Hepatitis Awareness Month, Dr. Koh discusses the commitment to address this disparity, and the threat of hepatitis, nationwide.
Read Article > - May 02, 2012 | Los Angeles Times
Hepatitis C a latent legacy of baby boomers' youth
Baby boomers – those born between 1945 and 1965 – are strongly encouraged to get tested for Hepatitis C. The month of May is Hepatitis Awareness Month and the CDC indicates this target population is most at-risk of carrying the disease.
Read Article > - May 01, 2012 | Diabetes Care
Another Shot to Protect People With Diabetes: Add Hepatitis B Vaccination to the Checklist
An Advisory Committee at the CDC now suggests that patients diagnosed with diabetes be vaccinated against the hepatitis B virus soon after the diagnosis is made.
Read More > - April 30, 2012 | blog.AIDS.gov
May Is Hepatitis Awareness Month
The Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and public health partners across the nation will observe Hepatitis Awareness Month this May. Awareness Month serves as an opportunity to learn more about viral hepatitis risks, tests and treatment.
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