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ET Awards: Cyrus Poonawalla reflects on SII’s mission of affordable vaccines and saving lives worldwideCyrus Poonawalla began Serum Institute of India in 1966 with a goal to make India self-reliant in healthcare. His vision was to provide aff...- From 'mild jaundice' to liver transplants: How Hepatitis A is turning deadly for adults in IndiaMumbai hepatologists are observing a shift in hepatitis infections. Hepatitis A is now causing severe illness in adults. New Hepatitis C ca...
- IIL launches first indigenous Hepatitis A vaccinePriced at ?2,150 per dose, it is a two-dose vaccine in which the first dose is administered at above 12 months of age and the second dose i...
- World Hepatitis Day: Know about causes, symptoms and risk factorsJuly 28 is reserved to promote awareness of this insidious and deadly virus.
- Is Hepatitis A dangerous? Here is everything you need to know about Hepatitis AIndia has a high number of chronic Hepatitis B and C cases, while Hepatitis A can lead to acute liver failure, it is usually a short-term i...
- Children in US in danger of Pediatric Hepatitis, doctors warnedAdenovirus can cause serious illnesses in people with a weak immune system. People with cardiac problems or respiratory diseases could also...
- Children in more countries suffer mystery hepatitisThe infection mainly affected children aged under 10 and symptoms included jaundice, diarrhoea, vomiting and abdominal pain.
- Government hospitals may be told to buy ‘auto-disable’ syringesIn India, reuse of disposable syringes is often cited as a key reason for spread of viruses and infections like HIV and hepatitis.
- World Hepatitis Day: Facts most people don't knowIn some cases, the chronic infections leave behind long-term health implications.
- World Hepatitis Day: Those yummy roadside pakodas can lead to liver cancer!Hepatitis is a condition of inflammation of the liver, and is mostly caused by viral infections.
- 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.
- Hepatitis B, C may up Parkinson's disease risk, shows studyPeople with hepatitis B are 76 per cent more likely to develop Parkinson's disease.
- On World Hepatitis Day, Amitabh Bachchan calls for educating aanganwadis about itHe feels there should be a fixed budget for the prevention and eradication of the disease.
- 95% of hepatitis patients don't notice infectionConcerns are not limited to India. The assessment shows the infection, as well as is its consequent mortality, increasing rapidly worldwide.
- New medicine for Hepatitis C treatment launchedDuring the conference, two new drugs were launched for treatment of Hepatitis C disease at affordable price.
- 75% of Indian population unaware of hepatitis"The need of setting up a registry was felt as over 75 per cent of the people in India do not even know that a disease like hepatitis exist...
- Delhi government launches online hepatitis immunisation campaignThe web-campaign will facilitate participation of all stakeholders in state, district and health agencies from their respective work places.
- HIV model can beat hepatitis, say doctorsOn World Hepatitis Day on Monday, World Health Organization called for using similar strategies and infrastructure to check the spread of i...
- 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...
- 96,000 die every year due to Hepatitis C in India: ReportThe report said the prevalence of Hepatitis C is estimated to be within 1.8-2.5 per cent, while among drug users it is 50-90 per cent.
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