How to donate blood safelySafe blood is essential to reduce morbidity and mortality rates in healthcare facilities. Every two seconds, someone in India needs blood, ...
14 Jun, 2023, 10.23 AM IST
World Hepatitis Day: Experiencing fatigue, joint pain & itching? Time to get vaccinatedHepatitis A and E, an infection of the liver, can last for four-five weeks.
28 Jul, 2022, 12.51 PM IST
World Blood Donor Day: 3 important reasons why donating blood is healthyIt is vital to raise awareness about the health benefits of blood donation.
15 Jun, 2020, 11.10 AM IST
Dark urine, nausea, abdominal pain? Get checked for hepatitis, it is more dangerous than you thinkHepatitis signs can be asymptomatic, and damage the liver over time leading to cirrhosis.
27 Jul, 2018, 05.58 PM IST
- German scientists decode Stone Age hepatitis B virus
L0ondon, May 12 (IANS) Scientists have recovered oldest viral genomes of hepatitis B virus (HBV) and found that the deadly virus has been c...
12 May, 2018, 05.27 PM IST
Not just for children! Here are the vaccines that every adult needs to getAdults too need preventive immunisation against many deadly diseases.
06 Mar, 2018, 11.04 AM IST
- Ancient mummy's DNA reveals Hepatitis B existed since centuries
Toronto, Jan 5 (IANS) The DNA analysis of the remains of a 16th century mummy has confirmed that the complex Hepatitis B virus (HBV) has ex...
05 Jan, 2018, 06.52 PM IST
Mylan wants to capture chronic Hep B marketThe drug was approved in India in November this year and is the “first” to be approved in eight years for the management of this infection ...
08 Dec, 2017, 09.45 PM IST
Belle Vue Clinic & Medanta-Medicity to set up advanced Liver Clinic in Eastern IndiaThe Medanta Liver Team, having performed nearly 2,500 liver transplants, runs one of the world’s largest liver transplant centres, with mor...
09 Nov, 2016, 05.30 PM IST
Rs 2,277 drug can treat hepatitis B patientsHepatitis B is transmitted through blood and infected bodily fluids. There is also a risk of infected mothers passing on the Hepatitis B vi...
23 Apr, 2015, 02.11 PM IST
After polio, Amitabh Bachchan to lead India's fight against hepatitis B campaignThe health ministry has finalized talks with Bachchan and is set to launch the campaign in April, a senior official in the ministry said.
13 Mar, 2015, 12.30 PM IST
Big B plans to start campaign for Hepatitis BMegastar Amitabh Bachchan is planning to start a new campaign for infectious disease caused by the hepatitis B virus (HBV).
29 Dec, 2014, 02.38 PM IST
Hepatitis B vaccine’s efficacy in doubtThe vaccination aims to reduce the number of chronic carriers who could infect others and themselves develop liver cancers or cirrhosis lat...
07 Nov, 2014, 11.39 AM IST
Government to set up 10 labs for hepatitis surveillanceGovernment will set up ten regional laboratories through the National Communicable Disease Centre (NCDC) for the surveillance of viral hepa...
28 Jul, 2014, 05.30 PM IST
India has the second highest number of Hepatitis B infectedEvery year, nearly 600,000 patients die from HBV infection in the region but the govt doesnt yet have national policies relating to screeni...
27 Jul, 2014, 05.50 PM IST
- Gilead’s Hepatitis patent plea rejected
The Delhi Patent Office has rejected American company Gilead Sciences’ plea to patent its Hepatitis B drug adefovir dipivoxil sold under th...
02 May, 2009, 12.27 AM IST
- New Delhi rejects American firm's plea to patent Hepatitis B drug
The Delhi Patent Office has rejected American company Gilead Sciences’ plea to patent its Hepatitis B drug adefovir dipivoxil sold under th...
01 May, 2009, 07.47 PM IST