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Hospital Worker May Have Spread Hepatitis C Virus To 10K Patients
A 26-year-old woman infected with Hepatitis C virus, arrested in Colorado on charges of stealing syringes and pain medication from operating rooms--and suspected of spreading the virus to 10 patients there--has now caused a scare at Northern Westchester...Tags: Crimes, New Jersey, WPIX, Health, Drugs and Medicines
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Over 2 Dozen Hepatitis Cases Linked To NJ Doctor
wpix.comMore than two dozen people treated at one doctor's office in New Jersey have been diagnosed with hepatitis B. Now, state health officials are urging several thousand of his other patients to get tested for the blood borne disease. State officials are...Tags: New Jersey, WPIX, Health, Medical Procedures and Tests, Diseases and Illnesses
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Health Officials Investigating Hepatitis A Outbreak
(WGN-AM)- For a second day, hepatitis A vaccinations will be administered at no charge in Rock Island today for anyone who may have consumed food or beverages at the McDonald's Restaurant in Milan, Ill., for two periods in July when a food service...Tags: Lifestyle and Leisure, Illinois, Dining and Drinking, Vaccines, Restaurants
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McDonald's Worker Puts Milan, Ill. Patrons at Risk For Hepatitis A
(WGN-AM)- Authorities in northwestern Illinois are trying to figure out why a case of hepatitis A in a McDonald's food handler went unreported for more than three weeks. An estimated 10,000 people who ate at a McDonald's in Milan are being urged to get...Tags: Lifestyle and Leisure, Illinois, Dining and Drinking, Vaccines, Health
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New HIV Strain Found in African Woman
Associated PressWASHINGTON -- A new strain of the virus that causes AIDS has been discovered in a woman from the African nation of Cameroon. It differs from the three known strains of human immunodeficiency virus and appears to be closely related to a form of simian...Tags: National Institutes of Health, Research, AIDS, Health, Drugs and Medicines
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Cops: Nurse May Have Exposed 1,800 Patients to HIV
Associated PressWEST PALM BEACH, Fla. -- Police were looking into possible criminal charges against a nurse at a South Florida hospital where officials say she may have exposed more than 1,800 patients to HIV and hepatitis by reusing medical supplies. Officials at...Tags: Crimes, Health, Justice System, Criminals, Diseases and Illnesses
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Natalie Cole Thanks Fans for Support
KTLA NewsLOS ANGELES -- Singer Natalie Cole, who received a kidney transplant last month on the same day her sister died of cancer, thanked her fans Tuesday for their support and said she will make her first post-surgery performance at the Hollywood Bowl on Sept....Tags: KTLA, Natalie Cole, Cancer, Death, Hollywood (Los Angeles, California)
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Dr. Robert M. Chanock dies at 86; virologist broke ground in respiratory virus research
Dr. Robert M. Chanock, a virologist who made a remarkable series of discoveries about respiratory viruses in the 1960s and 1970s, including the isolation of the deadly respiratory syncytial virus and four para- influenza viruses, died Aug. 4 at a...Tags: Nose, World War II (1939-1945), Vaccines, Pharmaceuticals, Sykesville
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Detachable needles on syringes promote hepatitis C transmission, study says
Booster ShotsThe high incidence of hepatitis C infections among drug abusers may be due in part to the use of syringes with detachable needles, which are more likely to transfer viable viruses from one user to the next, Yale University researchers...... -
Rodent of the Week: A mouse with a human liver
Booster ShotsAnimal studies are typically a key step in the scientific process, but some illnesses are especially challenging to study in this manner. For example, the liver diseases hepatitis B and hepatitis C can infect only humans and chimpanzees. Scientists also..... -
Genital herpes is widespread, CDC says
Booster ShotsNearly one in every two African American women ages 14 to 49 has genital herpes, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Tuesday. Overall, two out of every five blacks in that age group carry the virus, and one...... -
One more note about that flu-vaccine study...
Booster ShotsMaybe you'll find this interesting.... Hepatitis A vaccine was used as a control vaccine in the recently published study assessing the herd immunity potential of vaccinating kids against influenza -- not just because the Hepatitis A vaccine is safe but......
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