NHS to expand opt-out HIV and hepatitis testing
The NHS will automatically test patients for HIV, Hepatitis B and Hepatitis C unless they opt out at 90 hospitals.
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Kaiser Permanente Hawaii’s Viral Hepatitis Clinic cures 1,000th hepatitis C patient
The Kaiser Permanente Hawaii Viral Hepatitis Clinic reached a milestone by curing its 1,000th patient of hepatitis C. “It’s a very satisfying thing to make that call and tell someone they’re cured,” ...
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Kaiser clears 1,000 patients of Hepatitis C
Considered once to be a lifelong disease, Hepatitis C has now been treated and cured in 1,000 patients at Kaiser Permanente.
Dozens of HIV and hepatitis diagnoses in A&E tests
People aged 16 and over who receive blood tests in A&E at Leeds General Infirmary and St James's University Hospital are now ...
First transgenic primate model created for hepatitis B research
Researchers at Oregon Health & Science University have developed the first transgenic nonhuman primate model—genetically ...
Hawaii’s Kaiser hepatitis clinic reaches remarkable milestone
HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - Hawaii’s Kaiser Permanente Viral Hepatitis Clinic has reached a major milestone toward combative Hepatitis outcomes. On Wednesday the clinic announced it cured its 1,000 ...
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NHS expands HIV opt-out testing to 30 more A&Es
Thousands more people across England are to benefit from routine HIV testing in A&Es this year, thanks to the extension of a major NHS public health initiative. Under a new expansion plan, 30 more ...
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Expert urges free testing, subsidised vaccines to prevent hepatitis
A consultant Public Health Physician at Ikorodu General Hospital, Dr Yetunde Odusolu has called for an urgent action to prevent hepatitis, ...
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Government extends England’s HIV prevention programme with £1.5m funding boost
The UK government has announced that it is renewing funding for the public health campaign HIV Prevention England for another year as part of efforts to end HIV transmission by 2030. The programme, ...
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St. David’s becomes first Central Texas hospital to offer new liver cancer therapy
St. David’s Medical Center in Austin is the first hospital in Central Texas to offer histotripsy, a noninvasive ultrasound ...
Infected Blood Scandal - How songwriting helped me grieve for my father
Sussex musician Josie Quin lost her father to Hepatitis C. The public inquiry inspired her to write a single | ITV News Meridian ...