Hepatitis Outbreaks Growing Issue in Non-Hospital Settings
ATLANTA, Jan. 5 -- Outbreaks of viral hepatitis are a growing problem in non-hospital healthcare facilities, such as nursing homes and hemodialysis clinics, the CDC has warned. Over the past decade, there have been 33 outbreaks of hepatitis B and C in

FDA Approves Most Comprehensive System To Test Donated Blood For HIV, Hepatitis B & Hepatitis C
The United States Food & Drug Administration (FDA) approved a new nucleic acid test from Roche to screen donated blood for HIV-1 Group M RNA, hepatitis C RNA and hepatitis B DNA in a single, automated assay. The test, called the cobas TaqScreen MPX Test

THATTA: Hepatitis on the rise in Thatta coastal areas
THATTA, Jan 4: As many as 362 new cases of hepatitis-C had been reported, most of them from remote coastal areas of the district, and various waterborne diseases were on the rise with over 90 per cent of water supply schemes not functioning, said