Tag: hepatitis
Hepatitis B vaccine: doses, names, compulsory?
The hepatitis B vaccine is now compulsory for all babies from the age of 2 months and can be taken as a catch-up until the age of 15. It is…
The threat after floods in Italy: Tetanus and hepatitis
Although almost two weeks have passed since the floods in northern Italy, the community of Conselice outside Ravenna is still under water. The situation is so serious that the municipality…
Acute childhood hepatitis: 2 (known) viruses involved?
We know more about the mysterious epidemic of acute hepatitis that raged among young children last spring in Europe, particularly in France and the United Kingdom. Recent studies point to…
Childhood hepatitis: the mysterious epidemic of 2022 has the beginning of an explanation
News Published on 03/31/2023 at 2:54 p.m. Updated 03/31/2023 at 2:54 p.m. Reading 2 mins. A mysterious global epidemic of hepatitis affecting children in 35 countries has spread in 2022.…
Hepatitis A: positive, duration, contagious, what is it?
Does your serology reveal that you are positive for hepatitis A? This viral liver disease is transmitted mainly by ingesting food or water infected with feces. Symptoms, treatments, healing time,…
Hepatitis B: the United States invites all adults to be tested at least once
News Published on 03/13/2023 at 08:15 Updated 03/13/2023 at 08:15 Reading 3 mins. Change of strategy against Hepatitis B in the United States: arguing that more than half of people…
Patient contracted hepatitis B at the dentist
Published: Less than 1 hour ago full screen The dentist had already been criticized by the Health and Care Inspectorate for deficiencies in hygiene. Archive image. Photo: Tore Meek/NTB Scanpix/TT…
World Hepatitis Day: How to protect yourself from the disease?
“I thought I was going to die, I was so scared and sad,” says Lien Tran, who lives in Vietnam, of being diagnosed with hepatitis B at the age of…
Mysterious hepatitis in children: Covid-19 is not involved
News Published on 07/26/2022 at 4:32 p.m. Updated 07/26/2022 at 4:32 p.m. Reading 3 mins. Two studies published on Monday July 25 come to the same conclusion: Covid-19 infection is…
Childhood hepatitis: a new hypothesis to explain the mysterious origin of the disease
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