All Posts Tagged With: "Hepatitis C"

Linda’s comments:  When will they learn.  I remember when they infected hundreds of thousands with Hepatits C and Hepatitis B….The Canadians sued and WON, but nothing happened in the states except that they now test blood for Hepatitis….This makes you wonder how many thousands have been infected with Lyme disease and its co-infections???  We know that transplant organs are infected with Lyme, why not our blood supply???  Is it because the US will have to admit that they are giving a death threat to all those who need blood??  DISGUSTING to say the least…

Link: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21414828

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During the last 20 years, the safety of blood products increased dramatically with regard to the infectious risk and notably to that represented by retroviruses (HIV and HTLV) and hepatitis B and C viruses. The aim of this review is to identify the residual and emergent viral threats that could be responsible for the occurring of new contaminations in the receivers of blood products. Beside many other viruses (HHV-8, erythrovirus B19, hepatitis A and E viruses…), a special attention has been paid to emerging arbovirus diseases (West Nile virus infection, dengue, chikungunya) that threaten to occur in the French metropolitan area following the implantation in Europe of the mosquito Aedes albopictus, the main vector of dengue and chikungunya in temperate regions. Another blood-linked risk, notably in United Kingdom and France, is the prion agent responsible for the variant form of the Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease.

Full article: http://www.cnn.com/2010/US/06/30/va.hospital.hiv/index.html?hpt=T2#

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A Missouri VA hospital is under fire because it may have exposed more than 1,800 veterans to life-threatening diseases such as hepatitis and HIV.

John Cochran VA Medical Center in St. Louis has recently mailed letters to 1,812 veterans telling them they could contract  (HIV) after visiting the medical center for dental work, said Rep. Russ Carnahan.

Carnahan said Tuesday he is calling for a investigation into the issue and has sent a letter to President Obama about it.

“This is absolutely unacceptable,” said Carnahan, a Democrat from Missouri. “No veteran who has served and risked their life for this great nation should have to worry about their personal safety when receiving much needed healthcare services from a Veterans Administration hospital.”

Full article: http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/177913.php

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Now, researchers from the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, UCLA, Harvard University, the U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases and Cornell University have teamed up to develop and test a broad-spectrum antiviral compound capable of stopping a wide range of highly dangerous viruses, including Ebola, HIV, hepatitis C virus, West Nile virus, Rift Valley fever virus and yellow fever virus, among others.