HEPATITIS B

Nearly 300 patients of the Northtown Medical Clinic in Edmonton, Canada have been put 'at risk of infection' of Hepatitis B and C by one clinic.

The government suspended certain vaccinations nationwide following the illnesses and deaths.

A newborn baby died about 70 minutes after he was inoculated with a Hepatitis B vaccine in China.

A vomiting virus outbreak has affected thousands of children in Germany over the last few days, and according to the country’s health authorities, the number of children with vomiting and diarrhea has now increased from about 4,500 to as much as 8,400.

More than 95 percent of kindergartners were vaccinated for diphtheria, tetanus, acellular pertussis, polio and hepatitis B, meeting federal guidelines, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said in a new report.

Condoms have been a part of our lives for a very long time now, whether we deny or accept the fact. Educating people on safe sex is important but knowing how it is actually manufactured is equally and undeniably significant.

Arsenault, 36, has fathered 14 children and has four more on the way. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is ordering him to stop using his web site to give free sperm donations to couples, citing legal violations and health risks, but Arsenault considers the exchange a sexually intimate relationship... and won't stop.

A one-of-a-kind chemical compound found in the tissue of dogfish sharks can be used to combat human viruses, according to scientists.

The United Nations will hold a high-level two-day summit beginning Monday to discuss its intentions of tackling the global epidemic, which could reach $47 trillion in the next two decades, if no medical solution is found.

Researchers have shown for the first time that a single intravenous infusion of a genetically engineered virus can home in on cancer, killing tumor cells in patients without harming healthy tissue.

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, which helped guide the Vaccine Injury Compensation Program that funds children who experience side effects from vaccines, has commissioned a report after 17 years that found no link with autism and Type 1 diabetes after taking certain vaccines.

There is a growing group of parents who refuse to vaccinate their children, believing that vaccines increase the risk of autism, diabetes, asthma and other ailments. But a new report from the Institute of Medicine of the National Academies concludes that adverse effects are extremely rare.

A report commissioned by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services helped guide the Vaccine Injury Compensation Program, which provides a pool of money to take care of children who experience side effects from vaccines, federal scientists say.

Public health officials say roughly 130 million injection drug users worldwide suffer from hepatitis C, according to a study published online by World Health Organization said on Tuesday in The Lancet, which coincides with 'World Hepatitis Day.'

In a bid to obtain DNA from Osama bin Laden's family, the CIA organized a fake vaccination program in the town where the al-Qaida leader was believed to be hiding.

In the weeks before the raid on Osama bin Laden's compound in Abbottabad, the CIA had a prominent doctor organize a fake vaccination drive, in an attempt to secretly collect DNA from him and his family.

The partnership would work towards immunization of millions of children in Afghanistan and Pakistan against deadly diseases such as polio, diphtheria, tetanus and others

Rodman & Renshaw has initiated Biostar Pharmaceuticals with a market outperform rating and a price target of $7, saying that its hepatitis B drug Xin Aoxing could drive future growth for the Chinese Pharma company.

(Reuters) - Male sex hormones may explain why men who suffer from the hepatitis B liver disease are more likely to develop liver cancer than women, researchers in Taiwan have found.

In a national survey conducted by Hepatitis Australia revealed that vast majority of Australians have a disturbingly low knowledge of hepatitis B and C.

Based on the national survey conducted by Hepatitis Australia, most Australians surprisingly have a disturbingly limited knowledge of hepatitis B and C.