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HONOReform was founded by Evelyn McKnight, Dr. Tom McKnight, and Travis Bennington, all of Fremont, Nebraska. Evelyn McKnight is an audiologist who was battling a recurrence of breast cancer when she learned she had been infected with hepatitis C because improper injection safety protocols at the Fremont Cancer Center.
A pediatric hepatitis outbreak with unknown cause is growing. Minnesota, Wisconsin, Illinois and more states are investigating cases of kids with liver damage. 30 states now investigating cases of ...
Hepatitis C is an infectious disease caused by the hepatitis C virus (HCV) that primarily affects the liver; [2] it is a type of viral hepatitis. [6] During the initial infection period, people often have mild or no symptoms. [1] Early symptoms can include fever, dark urine, abdominal pain, and yellow tinged skin. [1]
“Hepatitis C is a blood-borne virus,” says Dr. Dieterich. “It is transmitted through the blood, so IV drug use is a major driver of the virus, especially now due to the heroin epidemic.
A hepatitis A outbreak was one of the most widespread hepatitis A outbreak in the United States, afflicting at least 640 people, killing four people in north-eastern Ohio and south-western Pennsylvania in late 2003. The outbreak was blamed on tainted green onions at a Chi-Chi's restaurant in Monaca, Pennsylvania. [54]
Photo Illustration by The Daily Beast/GettyOver 1,000 children in the U.S., U.K., and other countries have contracted an unusual form of hepatitis since the spring, and there’s still no clear cause.
2009 Gujarat hepatitis outbreak: 2009 India Hepatitis B: 49 [261] Queensland 2009 dengue outbreak 2009 Queensland, Australia Dengue fever: 1+ (503 cases) [262] 2009–2010 West African meningitis outbreak: 2009–2010 West Africa: Meningitis: 1,100 [263] 2009 swine flu pandemic: 2009–2010 Worldwide Influenza A virus subtype H1N1
An outbreak of 169 cases of acute liver damage (hepatitis) among kids in 12 countries has led to at least one death and 17 liver transplants, according to WHO. First child has died in severe ...