High incidence of Hepatitis A in two grama panchayats

A study conducted by the district unit of the Integrated Disease Surveillance Project into the reported high incidence of Hepatitis A infection in Thrikovilvattam and Mayyanad grama panchayats on the outskirts of Kollam city found that the disease spread from a common source-contaminated pipeline water supplied by the Kerala Water Authority. Ninety-two persons of Thrikovilvattam and 27 of Mayyanad were diagnosed with the disease last week.

Every 9th citizen is suffering from liver diseases, putting the number of patients at 1.2 million with 300,000 of them are in a dire need of liver transplant.

Dozens of residents of Gatauli village in the district are in the grip of hepatitis-B, better known as jaundice, thanks to the alleged contaminated drinking water and non-availability of a medical

The Haryana Health Department has been taking all steps for the prevention and containment of hepatitis by monitoring through epidemiological investigation and awareness generation among people.

Punjab Health Department has issued instructions to all the EDOs Health to launch a special campaign for creating awareness against the disease of Hepatitis.

WASHINGTON: Eating junk food regularly is not just bad for your waistline, it can also damage your liver in a way similar to hepatitis, a new study has found.

The results were revealed on the television programme, 'The Doctors' , where it was found that even just a month of eating fast food can cause significant changes to the liver. The study found regular consumption of fast food items like fried chicken and onion rings are particularly bad for liver, and have many surprising complications and dangers for the people that consume them, 'cbsnews.com' reported. "The amount of fat and saturated fats creates a condition called fatty liver," Dr Drew Ordon of "The Doctors".

Ninety-five citizens of Donggang city in northeast China's Liaoning province have been hospitalized for suspected infection by hepatitis C at a clinic that gave them injections, local authorities a

Nestled deep within snow-clad mountains, the people of Takiya Magam talk in whispers. They talk about a disease they know little about. Of the 4,000 inhabitants of this village in south Kashmir, 300 have been found to be suffering from Hepatitis C.

The state Health Department has started screening the villagers and has already taken blood samples of more than 1,300 people. "We have sent the samples to the NCDC (National Centre for Disease Control) for genotyping to find the exact strain," Director, Health, Saleem-ur-Rehman told The Indian Express. "As a precaution, we have decided to test all the villagers, and everyday our team collects more than 100 samples."

Doctors confirmed the outbreak of Hepatitis-C in Magam Sonabarie area of Kokernag in this south Kashmir district.

For the benefit of thousands of children, now the pentavalent vaccine - a five-in-one vaccine, which protects children from five diseases, will be available free in all 21 districts of the state of