Hepatitis C at &#39;epidemic levels &#39;
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Hepatitis C among young drug users in London is reaching epidemic levels while HIV cases are &quot;worryingly high&quot;, researchers have warned.
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KELOWNA - As many as 2,400 people from around the world might have been exposed to the hepatitis A virus through an infected worker at a popular Kelowna restaurant, health officials said Wednesday.
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WASHINGTON -- The global AIDS epidemic continues to expand around the world, with the numbers of those living with the virus estimated at 39.5 million and those dying in the last year at 2.9 million, according to a United Nations report released yesterday. The report also estimated 4.3 million new infections in 2006 -- roughly the same number for the ...
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KELOWNA, BC (CP) - Health officials in the BC Interior issued a public warning Wednesday after a restaurant worker was diagnosed with hepatitis A. Health officials say hundreds of people may have to be vaccinated
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Figures reveal a doubling in the number of people in Scotland diagnosed with alcoholic liver disease.
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Hepatitis C results propel shares up.
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NEW YORK  - Heavy alcohol use increases mortality with hepatitis C virus (HCV) to a greater extent in women than in men, according to a report.
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By MARK PRIGG  BRITAIN'S fish population is facing a cancer epidemic, government scientists said today.   They claim that in some species, up to 25 per cent of the population suffers from liver cancer.
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Health agencies on Thursday called for tackling cervical cancer which has taken on epidemic proportions in developing countries from Brazil to India due to a lack of screening.
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China&#39;s HIV/AIDS epidemic has worsened and is now spreading dangerously into the general population, reported CCTV today, citing Chinese Ministry of Health and the United Nations AIDS office in China as the news source.
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The latest figures on HIV/Aids in China show a 30% jump in reported cases, health officials say.
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BRITAIN is &quot;in the grip of a serious HIV epidemic&quot; as the number of people suffering from the infection continues to soar, new figures showed today.
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Health agencies on Thursday called for  tackling cervical cancer which has taken on epidemic  proportions in developing countries from Brazil to India due to  a lack of screening.
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NEW YORK  - Less that 0.1 percent of blood and tissue donors in the United States had positive screening tests for HIV between 2000 and 2002, according to a new study. And the rate of hepatitis C virus was just over 1 percent.
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TORONTO - Health authorities in Canada are trying to determine what measures need to be taken to ensure the safety of the country&#39;s blood supply after learning a little-understood primate virus can be transmitted through blood transfusion.
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KINGSTON, ONT. - The Ontario Medical Association has added its name to a list of organizations concerned about increasing rates of HIV and hepatitis C infections among prison inmates.
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Promising trials for a hepatitis C treatment bode well for the pharmaceutical.