As a leading cause of liver cancer and related complications, viral hepatitis presents a major public health challenge at home and abroad.
After a 2010 study by the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences found serious shortcomings in resources and concluded that our approach to viral hepatitis needed a serious overhaul, Assistant Secretary for Health Dr. Howard Koh convened a working group to address the issues identified by the IOM report and its 22 specific recommendations.
Worldwide, one in twelve people is living with viral hepatitis -- a disease that threatens the health of millions of Americans and people across the globe.
WHITEHOUSE: Presidential Proclamation -- World Hepatitis Day, 2012
Wall Street is bracing for one of the biggest new drug categories in a decade: the launch of a series of antiviral medicines that could dramatically improve the cure rate for hepatitis C, a viral disease that slowly attacks the liver and is often fatal.
About half of all liver disease is alcohol related, a third is caused by viral hepatitis and the remainder due to immune system dysfunction, metabolic disorders and inherited diseases.
Some doctors had reported positive results using ribavirin, an anti-viral medicine used mostly against hepatitis C, as a treatment for SARS patients who had been worst-hit by the disease in Hong Kong and elsewhere.
Tragically, complications resulting from viral hepatitis claim thousands of American lives every year -- a burden borne disproportionately by African American, Hispanic, and Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) communities, and by persons born between 1945 and 1965.
WHITEHOUSE: Presidential Proclamation -- World Hepatitis Day, 2012
Broader dissemination and use of these tools, especially by organizations working with AAPI communities at risk, will have a positive impact on our efforts to reduce viral Hepatitis disparities in the AAPI population.
Hepatitis -- the most common types being hepatitis A, B and C -- refers to inflammation or viral infections of one's liver.
On World Hepatitis Day, let us raise awareness of the global health threat of viral hepatitis, renew our support for those living with the disease, and recommit to a future free of this tragic illness.
WHITEHOUSE: Presidential Proclamation -- World Hepatitis Day, 2012
Given its safety profile and how easy it is to make, it could quickly be tested as a potential new treatment for viral diseases ranging from dengue and yellow fever to hepatitis, say the US investigators from Georgetown University Medical Center in Washington.
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