Raw Oysters

Raw Oyster Pasteurization Cuts Viral Food Poisoning Risk

By Ashik Siddique | Apr 30, 2013 06:20 PM EDT

A new study suggests that electron beam pasteurization can increase the safety of eating raw oysters by killing pathogenic noroviruses and hepatitis A.

Dentist with Male Patient

Dentist Scott Harrington Patient Update: More Positive Hepatitis Diagnoses Reported

By Jonathan Weiss | Apr 26, 2013 12:02 PM EDT

After a dentist in the Tulsa area was not properly sterilizing tools between patients, people are learning that they may have gotten more than a bill.

Blood donation

Mexico Lifts Ban on Blood Donations From Gay Men

By Makini Brice | Dec 27, 2012 02:00 PM EST

This week, Mexico will become the first country in North America to lift the ban on blood donations from gay and bisexual men.

David Kwiatkowski, a former lab technician at Exeter, N.H., Hospital, is suspected of infecting at least 31 patients with hepatitis C.

Accused Hepatitis C "Serial Infector" Pleads Not Guilty in Court

By Christine Hsu | Dec 04, 2012 12:47 PM EST

A hospital technician who allegedly stole drugs and infected patients with hepatitis C through contaminated syringes has pleaded not guilty to the charges in a federal court.

Hepatitis Hits More Than 1,000 Refugees in South Sudan: UNHCR

By Stephanie Nebehay | Nov 09, 2012 09:32 AM EST

An outbreak of hepatitis E has infected at least 1,050 Sudanese refugees in South Sudan, killing 26 and threatening to spread further among people still arriving in crowded camps.

Hepatitis Outbreak Kills 16 in South Sudan Refugee Camps

By Hereward Holland | Sep 14, 2012 10:11 AM EDT

An outbreak of the Hepatitis E virus has killed 16 people in three South Sudanese refugee camps near the volatile border with Sudan.

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