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FDA Approves Most Comprehensive System To Test Donated Blood For HIV, Hepatitis B & Hepatitis C
The United States Food & Drug Administration (FDA) approved a new nucleic acid test from Roche to screen donated blood for HIV-1 Group M RNA, hepatitis C RNA and hepatitis B DNA in a single, automated assay. The test, called the cobas TaqScreen MPX Test

THATTA: Hepatitis on the rise in Thatta coastal areas
THATTA, Jan 4: As many as 362 new cases of hepatitis-C had been reported, most of them from remote coastal areas of the district, and various waterborne diseases were on the rise with over 90 per cent of water supply schemes not functioning, said

Campaign against hepatitis stepped up
Source ::: Internews ISLAMABAD: The loopholes in Pakistan's Hepatitis Control Programme, introduced by the previous regime, have pushed the new government to formulate a Hepatitis Prevention Act that will be supported by two other medical acts,