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Tag Archives: Hepatitis B
Qasim: We must reach all Somali children with vaccines
TweetThe Somalian government is committed to reaching all Somalian children with a new pentavalent vaccine to break the cycle of unnecessary deaths, UNICEF said on Tuesday. During the recent launch of the vaccine, which protects against Haemophilus influenza type B, … Read More »
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Somalia will receive new pentavalent vaccine
TweetApproximately 500,000 Somalian children will benefit from a new vaccine meant to protect them from five potentially deadly childhood disease, according to a recent U.N. report. The new pentavalent vaccine will protect children against Haemophilus influenzae type B, hepatitis B, … Read More »
British Columbia to follow HIV model to treat viral hepatitis
Tweet British Columbia’s Health Minister Margaret MacDiarmid announced last week that the Canadian province would receive $1.87 million in funding to replicate a plan used for HIV infection on the treatment of viral hepatitis. The province used a successful HIV … Read More »
Arrowhead reduces 90 percent of hepatitis B antigens in chimpanzee study
TweetArrowhead Research Corporation, a Pasadena, California-based targeted therapeutics company, recently announced a preclinical chimpanzee study that demonstrated the success of its RNA interference-based hepatitis B virus therapeutic. ARC-520 is a hepatitis B antiviral candidate that works using a gene silencing … Read More »
Hepatitis B rates on the rise in Vietnam
Tweet More and more Vietnamese people are suffering from hepatitis B, with the majority only being hospitalized as their condition becomes serious, Chairman of the Vietnam Association for the Study of Live Diseases Dinh Quy Lan warned last week. Approximately … Read More »
Stanford and Silicon Valley team up to battle hepatitis B
Tweet The Asian Liver Center at Stanford University is persuading corporations in Silicon Valley, California, to take action against hepatitis B using a five-step employer tool kit. The non-profit Asian Liver Center recently launched a corporate outreach program with a … Read More »
Indian district hit with hepatitis B vaccine shortage
Tweet A shortage of the hepatitis B vaccine in Kozhikode District, India, has affected the area’s universal vaccination program. The cause of the shortage has been traced back to the Union Health Ministry, which has only an irregular supply of … Read More »
Doctors in India express concern over rising hepatitis B cases
TweetHepatitis B cases are on the rise in Bihar, India, and vaccinations must increase to prevent children from dying of the disease, according to the director of the pediatric department of a Gurgaon-based hospital. Neelam Mohan, the director of the … Read More »