Water of affliction

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The Big Killer

Jaundice arrives early

Gilead signs agreements with Indian generic companies for hepatitis C drug

Indian companies granted licence to produce generic sofosbuvir and investigational single tablet regimen of ledipasvir/sofosbuvir for treatment …

WHO issues its first hepatitis B treatment guidelines

New guidelines give treatment recommendations that rely on simple and inexpensive tests

How liver protein can aid in developing vaccine for hepatitis C

More than 70 million globally are affected by chronic hepatitis C virus, increasing the risk for the more fatal liver cancer or cirrhosis

Virus attack

A new study says that infectious viruses increase the risk of heart attacks

Inhuman trials

Doubts cloud foreign firm's hepatitis drug tests in India

Blood row

HIV positive haemophiliacs sue US pharma giants

All about hepatitis

The government of India has included vaccine of hepatitis B in its vaccination programme but has paid scant attention to hepatitis C

Birth dose of hepatitis B vaccine may not be necessary: ICMR

Many newborns are protected from Hepatitis B infection by antibodies they receive from the mother and therefore, hepatitis B vaccination at birth …

Simply Put: Hepatitis C virus

Only 5 per cent of people infected with hepatitis B virus receive treatment

While 94 million people out of 292 million hepatitis B patients in 2016 were eligible for antiviral treatment, just 4.8 million got it, says a study

Hepatitis B is a public health concern in India; but very few know about its transmission, effects & vaccination

Misconceptions and insufficient education on Hepatitis B are widespread; they necessitate targeted information campaigns, finds Sir Ganga Ram …

Hope for poor

GM maize to treat hepatitis B

Jaundice epidemic

Prickly issue

Will the inclusion of Hepatitis B vaccination in the Universal Immunisation Programme help?

India’s role in increasing access to HCV drugs

Early intervention by the Indian government and civil society will be essential to overcome patent barriers to ensure that the new drugs …

Take Unani medicines seriously

HAKIM MOHAMMED KHALID SIDDIQUI, director of Central Council for Research in Unani Medicine, New Delhi, tells VIBHA VARSHNEY that …

Children under five account for 30 per cent of deaths due to food borne diseases globally: WHO

Calls food borne diseases a ‘global concern’

Policy draft backs new vaccines

Health experts say new vaccines not essential enough to be in the national programme

Cancerous virus

Researchers believe that hepatitis virus can cause cancer

Shelling out remedies

Marine organisms like bivalves hold cures for viral diseases

Hepatitis C: India has failed to tackle the deadly disease

Chronic HCV infection accounts for 12-32 per cent of liver cancer and 10-20 per cent of cirrhosis cases in India. Most people with chronic …