Aidsmap | Hepatitis C has no impact on CD4 cell recovery in patients taking HIV treatment

"Hepatitis C has no impact on CD4 cell recovery in patients taking HIV treatment

Patients co-infected with HIV and hepatitis C virus whose HIV treatment is suppressing their viral load to undetectable levels have comparable CD4 cell count increases to those seen in patients who are only infected with HIV, investigators report in the April 15th edition of the Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes."

Vet Gets Legal Help For Hepatitis Contraction - Health News Story - WSMV Nashville

"Vet Gets Legal Help For Hepatitis Contraction
Infectious Bodily Fluids Transmitted In Colonoscopies
Reported By Deanna Lambert

Only half of the 6,400 veterans at risk from 'problem colonoscopies' have been tested so far at the V.A. Hospital in Murfreesboro.

Already, at least 10 patients are positive for hepatitis B or C or HIV. A Murfreesboro man is among them, and he's now getting legal help.

Acute viral hepatitis morbidity and mortality associated with hepatitis E virus infection: Uzbekistan surveillance data - 7thSpace Interactive

"Acute viral hepatitis morbidity and mortality associated with hepatitis E virus infection: Uzbekistan surveillance data

In Uzbekistan, routine serologic testing has not been available to differentiate etiologies of acute viral hepatitis (AVH). To determine the age groups most affected by hepatitis E virus (HEV) during documented AVH epidemics, trends in AVH-associated mortality rate (MR) per 100,000 over a 35-year period and reported incidence of AVH over a 15-year period were examined."

California AG Sues to Recover Millions in Medi-Cal Fraud

California AG Sues to Recover Millions in Medi-Cal Fraud: "California AG Sues to Recover Millions in Medi-Cal Fraud

March 20, 2009

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Responding to a whistleblower's allegation of 'massive Medi-Cal fraud and kickbacks,' California Attorney General Edmund G. Brown Jr. joined legal action against seven private laboratories to recover hundreds of millions of dollars in illegal overcharges to the state's medical program for the poor."

Syringe scandal could be a wake-up call

"Syringe scandal could be a wake-up call

Health crisis might shine new light on infections in high-risk communities

Early last week, I set out to discover how many of the 1,378 patients from the High Prairie Regional Health Centre who'd been exposed to reused syringes had tested positive for HIV, hepatitis B and hepatitis C."

News - Hepatitis B Testing Urged for Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma Treatment: Presented at NCCN

News - Hepatitis B Testing Urged for Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma Treatment: Presented at NCCN: "Hepatitis B Testing Urged for Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma Treatment: Presented at NCCN

By Ed Susman

HOLLYWOOD, Fla -- March 16, 2009 -- Before initiating treatment for non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, doctors need to determine if the patient has been infected with hepatitis B virus, especially if treatment will be with rituximab-based therapy, according to a presentation here at the National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) 14th Annual Conference: Clinical Practice Guidelines & Quality Cancer Care."

SouthCoastToday.com: Hepatitis starts off similarly

SouthCoastToday.com: Hepatitis starts off similarly: "Hepatitis is liver-cell inflammation with death of some of the cells. It can come from poisons like carbon tetrachloride, from alcohol, from fat invasion of the liver, from some bacteria and from viruses, among which are the hepatitis A, B and C viruses. In the acute stages of hepatitis, all these causes produce a similar illness — yellowing of the skin and eyes (jaundice), great fatigue, loss of appetite, fever and profound mental fogginess. Sometimes the initial attack is so mild that the symptoms aren't appreciated. What happens after the initial illness is quite different for the different causes."

Progress Reported Against Gene Involved in Hepatitis C - US News and World Report

"WEDNESDAY, March 18 (HealthDay News) -- Nearly 100 genes that support replication of the hepatitis C virus(HCV) in the human body have been identified by Massachusetts General Hospital researchers."

News: Vertex Pharmaceuticals Announces Acceptance of Telaprevir and VCH-222 Abstracts for Presentation at EASL Annual Meeting. Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News - Biotechnology from Bench to Bu

"Vertex Pharmaceuticals Announces Acceptance of Telaprevir and VCH-222 Abstracts for Presentation at EASL Annual Meeting"

SouthCoastToday.com: Hepatitis starts off similarly

SouthCoastToday.com: Hepatitis starts off similarly: "Hepatitis is liver-cell inflammation with death of some of the cells. It can come from poisons like carbon tetrachloride, from alcohol, from fat invasion of the liver, from some bacteria and from viruses, among which are the hepatitis A, B and C viruses. In the acute stages of hepatitis, all these causes produce a similar illness — yellowing of the skin and eyes (jaundice), great fatigue, loss of appetite, fever and profound mental fogginess. Sometimes the initial attack is so mild that the symptoms aren't appreciated. What happens after the initial illness is quite different for the different causes."

Death toll of hepatitis B outbreak in India reaches 60 _English_Xinhua

Death toll of hepatitis B outbreak in India reaches 60 _English_Xinhua: "NEW DELHI, March 13 (Xinhua) -- The toll of what is one of India's worst liver disease outbreaks has attained 60 in the mainly man-caused hapatitis-B outbreak in the western Indian state of Gujarat, said a senior health official Friday.

'With the death of one person on Wednesday, the total death toll in the hepatitis-hit Sabarkantha district of north Gujarat reached 60 while the total number of persons affected by the liver disease has reached 241,' said the health official in New Delhi."

The Associated Press: 16 patients have hepatitis in Army needle scare

"Army officials say 16 patients exposed to a mismanaged insulin needle program at a military hospital in Texas have tested positive for hepatitis B or C.

The patients at the William Beaumont Army Medical Center were among more than 2,000 diabetics who may have been exposed to blood-borne illnesses because multiple patients were given injections from the same insulin pen.

Officials at the Army hospital at Fort Bliss have said it's unclear if the patients contracted hepatitis from the injections that were performed from August 2007 to January 2009.

Fort Bliss is located at El Paso, Texas."

Hepatitis C Infections Found in Clinic Patients - NYTimes.com

"At least nine kidney patients were infected with hepatitis C while being treated at a Manhattan dialysis center that was closed by state health officials last year, according to the results of an investigation published Thursday by the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention."

Interferon lambda has been cleared

"ZymoGenetics Inc. (ZGEN: News ) announced that its collaboration with Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. (BMY: News ) for hepatitis C compound PEG-Interferon lambda has been cleared by the United States Federal Trade Commission and Department of Justice clearance under provisions of the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act."