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Since affected women may not know they are carriers or not get screened, the vaccination at birth does the gatekeeping
August 26, 2025 1:12 am
These are waterborne infections that affect the liver.
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Threading is a popular beauty treatment, most commonly for eyebrow shaping or facial hair removal
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Hepatitis D virus is incompetent and requires hepatitis B virus for replication and aggravating liver infection, says gastroenterologist
July 28, 2025 11:54 pm
Hepatitis B and C cases 2025, World Hepatitis Day 2025: With over 1.3 million deaths in 2022 due to Hepatitis, the top 10 countries account for two-thirds of the global burden with China and India leading, as of 2022.
July 28, 2025 10:30 am
According to the World Health Organisation’s (WHO’s) 2024 report, India has the highest global burden of viral hepatitis, with nearly 40 million people living with chronic hepatitis B and 6–12 million with hepatitis C, yet testing and treatment remain limited.
July 28, 2025 2:34 pm
World Hepatitis Day 2025 Date and Theme: World Hepatitis Day is observed on July 28, 2025, focusing on the theme "Let's Break It Down" to eliminate barriers to prevention and treatment.
May 15, 2024 7:06 am
State Health Minister Veena George has put out an alert for the four districts – Kozhikode, Malappuram, Thrissur and Ernakulam – from where the most number of cases were reported.
May 10, 2024 5:08 pm
District Medical Officer R Renuka said that the man, hailing from Chaliyar panchayat, passed away from viral hepatitis on Friday morning while under treatment at a private hospital in Kozhikode.
April 15, 2024 11:59 am
Globally, an estimated 1.3 million people died of viral hepatitis in 2022 (as compared to 1.1 million in 2019), even as its incidence — number of new cases in a year — went down to 2.2 million in 2022 (as compared to 2.5 million in 2019).


