Celebrity partygoers exposed to Hep A
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A Sports Illustrated bash for its annual swimsuit issue has turned into a health scare for stars in Hollywood after a caterer working for celebrity chef Wolfgang Puck may have exposed them to acute Hepatitis A.
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A HOSPITAL has taken two years to tell hundreds of former patients they may be at risk of HIV or hepatitis. The Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital in London suspended a test in 2002 for fear it could spread deadly blood viruses.
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People who are vaccinated against hepatitis B are at increased risk of multiple sclerosis, a study shows. US public health experts found the link when they looked at data on more than 1,500 UK patients.
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Cases of hepatitis C among young drug users in London are reaching epidemic levels, researchers have warned. The number of people who inject drugs who now have HIV is also worryingly high, according to a study published in the British Medical Journal.
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More than 550 patients who underwent shoulder investigations over seven years have been offered blood tests to establish whether they were accidentally infected with diseases such as HIV or hepatitis.
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Letters are on the way to 4,500 patients of an anesthesiologist who is suspected of infecting three people with hepatitis C last August, the New York City Health Department says.
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People immunised against hepatitis B are at increased risk of multiple sclerosis, a study shows.
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&quot;We want a public inquiry, but thatâs the one thing they wonât let us have. In any other case, in any other country, each one of these things - HIV, hepatitis C or CJD - would have warranted a public inquiry&quot; - Andy Gunn, Haemophilia suffer.
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A potentially fatal liver virus could be spread in sweat during contact sports, say Turkish researchers.
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Thousands of people are to be told they may have been exposed to vCJD through contaminated blood products.
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Canadian health officials say a restaurant worker in Kelowna, British Columbia, may have exposed as many as 2,400 people worldwide to the hepatitis A virus.
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Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda is set to meet hepatitis patients at the centre of a high-profile scandal over tainted blood on Tuesday as he tries to quell a row that risks further eroding his support ratings.
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From within their pint glass houses Boozy students hurl so much vomit about at Cambridge University that cleaners are now being immunised against Hepatitis, it has been revealed.â¦
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HIV and hepatitis C infections are &quot;[r]ampant&quot; in Canadian prisons and present a &quot;clear and present health risk&quot; to inmate populations, prison guards and the general public, according to a report released Wednesday by the Ontario Medical Association
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A group of prisoners who appear to be naturally immune to hepatitis C could lead to a vaccine, researchers hope.
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Lab experiments show that cells that line the mouth become more susceptible to infection with HIV when they&#39;re exposed to alcohol.
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The panel said the shots should be available to all people 50 and older and people who come in close contact with those at high risk of the viral illness.