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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2009
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NEWS ABOUT: hepatitis B

hepatitis B stories: 3 news summaries

Eggbeater Helps Scientists Whip Disease

Harvard researchers fashion a household item into a diagnostic device

Oct 16, 08 4:30 PM CDT
(Newser) - Centrifuges separate blood from plasma—but at considerable expense, in a bulky package. That leaves them beyond the reach of underfunded medical facilities that could use the help in diagnosing blood-borne ailments, such as hepatitis and other diseases. The solution, Discover reports, could be as close as the nearest kitchen.... More »

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medicine • health care • infectious diseases • developing countries • diagnosis • Harvard • developing world • hepatitis B

Reuse of Syringes at Nev. Clinic Triggers Health Alarm

Practice may have spread hepatitis, HIV

Mar 6, 08 4:05 AM CST
(Newser) - Six people with serious cases of hepatitis are just the beginning of what's expected to be a major health problem after a Las Vegas clinic gambled with the lives of tens of thousands of patients by reusing syringes, reports AP. The practice may have exposed patients to HIV and could... More »

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AIDS • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention • HIV • Las Vegas • hepatitis B • Endoscopy Center of Southern Nevada • anesthesia • syringes • unsafe practices • hepatitis C • Southern Nevada Health District. • Brian Labus • Dipak Desai

Merck Recalls 1M Doses
of Vaccine for Kids

Drug company finds contamination at its Pennsylvania factory

Dec 12, 07 7:14 PM CST
(Newser) - Merck is recalling almost a million doses of a childhood vaccine after it found evidence of contamination at one of its factories, the AP reports. The pharmaceutical giant says no children have been harmed after taking Hib, which prevents meningitis and pneumonia, but the company is recalling its 10 lots... More »

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Merck • Vioxx • meningitis • vaccine • pneumonia • pharmaceutical industry • hepatitis B • hib

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