Hepatitis

Women who had HCV during pregnancy were more likely to have cesarean sections, preterm births, poor fetal growth, and fetal distress.

Investigations in the hepatitis A outbreak point to organic strawberries imported from Baja, Mexico, in 2022.

Less than 6 hours of sleep a night in the days before and after flu and hepatitis A and B vaccination was associated with a lower immune response.

People with chronic hepatitis B infection are at increased risk for liver cancer and cirrhosis and are 70% to 85% more likely to die prematurely.

The state will launch a pilot program to test wastewater for flu, hepatitis A, norovirus, and antimicrobial-resistance genes.

WHO calls for trials of fractional dosing of monkeypox vaccine

One day after the United States said it would allow intradermal, fractional dosing of Bavarian Nordic's monkeypox vaccine, Jynneos, the World Health Organization (WHO) called for more trials on the practice.

Wastewater polio in second New York county points to wider circulation

Polio in New York state is circulating more widely than thought, with wastewater sampling revealing traces of the virus in a second county, the New York Department of Health (NYDH) announced yesterday.

Study: COVID patients who have a stroke face more than twice the risk of death

COVID-19 patients who have a stroke are more than twice as likely to die than uninfected stroke patients and are often younger and healthier, finds research presented yesterday at the Society of NeuroInterventional Surgery’s (SNIS's) 19th Annual Meeting in Toronto.

Study: COVID vaccine doesn't raise risk of myopericarditis in kids aged 5 to 11

The risk of myocarditis and/or pericarditis was not significantly different among children ages 5 to 11 years after COVID-19 vaccination from that of unvaccinated children and much lower than that among children aged 12 to 17, finds a prospective study in Denmark published today in Pediatrics.

CDC reports 17 more unexplained hepatitis cases in kids

The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said it has received 17 more reports of unexplained pediatric hepatitis cases that are under investigation, raising the nation's total to 355.

The number of states reporting cases remained the same, at 42.