During Hepatitis Awareness Month, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), is making an extra effort to educate the public about the different types of hepatitis. While they all affect the liver and have similar symptoms, they have different routes of transmission and affect different groups of people. The World Health Organization (WHO), …
The Florida Department of Health (FDOH) reports that “Since 2018, there have been more than 22,000 cases of hepatitis A in the U.S.” The FDOH explains that since then, 3,956 of those cases have been reported in Florida. This occurrence has prompted a public health emergency and the issuance of a statewide initiative to combat …
Yesterday, July 28, 2019, was recognized as World Hepatitis Day, by the World Health Organization. It was an annual health awareness campaign to encourage the public to know, prevent, test, treat, and eliminate hepatitis. However, the Florida Department of Health (DOH) is reporting that there is already an outbreak of hepatitis-A right here in the …
During Hepatitis Awareness Month, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), is making an extra effort to educate the public about the different types of hepatitis. While they all affect the liver and have similar symptoms, they have different routes of transmission and affect different groups of people. The World Health Organization (WHO), …