Tag: hepatitis

Research breakthrough in mystery child hepatitis

Washington, United States | AFP British researchers reported a breakthrough Monday in mysterious hepatitis cases affecting young children, finding the serious liver condition was linked to co-infection of two common viruses, but not the coronavirus. The World Health Organization (WHO) has reported at least 1,010 probable cases, including 46 that required transplants and 22 deaths from the illness dating back to last October. Previous theories had centered on a spike in commonly found adenovirus infections […]

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228 probable unexplained cases of child hepatitis: WHO

  GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) — At least 228 probable cases of hepatitis of unknown origin in children have now been reported to the World Health Organization from 20 countries, the UN health agency said Tuesday, May 3. “As of May 1, at least 228 probable cases were reported to WHO from 20 countries, with over 50 additional cases under investigation,” WHO spokesman Tarik Jasarevic told reporters in Geneva. Most of the cases are from Europe […]

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Mystery liver disease kills three children in Indonesia

  JAKARTA, Indonesia (AFP) — Three children in Indonesia have died from a mysterious liver disease, the country’s health ministry said, raising to at least four the global death toll of a fatal ailment puzzling doctors from the US to Asia. This severe strain of acute hepatitis has been identified in nearly 230 children in 20 countries, the World Health Organization said Tuesday, raising concerns of the disease’s “unknown origin”. The symptoms afflicting the children […]

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US probes five child deaths, 109 cases linked to mystery liver disease

  by Issam AHMED Agence France Presse The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is investigating 109 childhood cases of a mysterious form of hepatitis, including five reported deaths, the agency said Friday. It is part of an unexplained global phenomenon involving hundreds of cases, with Indonesia this week also reporting three deaths. Britain on Friday announced its case count had increased to 163, the majority aged under five, with no deaths. “Investigators both […]

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Covid-19 compared with other deadly viruses

  by Olivier THIBAULT Agence France Presse The global death toll from Covid-19, which is set to pass five million, is already far worse than most other viral epidemics of the 20th and 21st centuries. But there have been notable exceptions. The post-World War I Spanish Flu wiped out more than 50 million people in 1918-19, according to some estimates. That is far more than the coronavirus pandemic, even if — as the World Health […]

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Nine of 194 countries keeping pledge to eradicate hepatitis: summit

by Paula RAMON Agence France-Presse SAO PAULO, Brazil (AFP) – Only nine of 194 countries which pledged last year to eradicate hepatitis by 2030 are working towards that goal, according to figures revealed Wednesday at the second World Hepatitis Summit in Brazil. Egypt, Georgia, Germany, Iceland, Japan, The Netherlands, Australia, Qatar and Brazil are the only countries taking steps to overcome the disease, a liver inflammation which kills 1.3 million people every year. The three-day summit […]

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July 28 is World Hepatitis Day!

QUEZON City, Philippines (July 28) – World Hepatitis Day is celebrated every 28th of July to raise people’s awareness about the risk of hepatitis, which is one of the leading causes of death globally. Hepatitis alone is responsible for 1.34 million deaths per year. Eighty percent of liver cancer cases in the world are also caused by the hepatitis B virus and hepatitis C. With “Eliminate Hepatitis” as this year’s theme, the World Health Organization (WHO), […]

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Liver and Viral Hepatitis Awareness and Prevention Month

What are the things that we need to know about Viral Hepatitis? Republic Act No. 10526 of 2012 declares January as Liver Cancer and Viral Hepatitis Awareness and Prevention Month (Research by Jobelyn Catama, Infographics by Dex Magno) Cant’t see the infographics? Click here: Liver and Viral Hepatitis Awareness and Prevention Month

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World Hepatitis Day

One of the most common diseases in the world is Hepatitis! It comes in different strains… And causes many health complications! Good thing that it is easy to prevent! Just a shot of vaccine and you’re all set! July 28 is World Hepatitis Day! Infographics designer: Alan Kevin Manio Researcher and writer: Mary Rose Faith Bonalos and JayPaul Carlos

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