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Doctor claims threading raises hepatitis risk: 'Eyebrows banwane gayi thi lekin liver fail karwake aagayi'; internal medicine expert weighs in
August 06, 2025 5:25 pm
Threading is a popular beauty treatment, most commonly for eyebrow shaping or facial hair removal
World Hepatitis Day 2025: Top 10 countries account for two-thirds of the global hepatitis B and C cases, with China and India leading
July 28, 2025 11:54 pm
Hepatitis B and C cases 2025, World Hepatitis Day 2025: With over 1.3 million deaths in 2022 due to Hepatitis, the top 10 countries account for two-thirds of the global burden with China and India leading, as of 2022.
World Hepatitis Day: Person with hepatitis B can spread the infection through blood, other body fluids
July 28, 2025 10:30 am
According to the World Health Organisation’s (WHO’s) 2024 report, India has the highest global burden of viral hepatitis, with nearly 40 million people living with chronic hepatitis B and 6–12 million with hepatitis C, yet testing and treatment remain limited.
How viral hepatitis poses a challenge to India's public health, with second highest prevalence globally
April 15, 2024 11:59 am
Globally, an estimated 1.3 million people died of viral hepatitis in 2022 (as compared to 1.1 million in 2019), even as its incidence — number of new cases in a year — went down to 2.2 million in 2022 (as compared to 2.5 million in 2019).
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April 10, 2024 8:36 am
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India among nations with highest burden of viral hepatitis, says WHO: How to prevent it?
April 10, 2024 11:03 am
All newborns must get vaccination. Even adults born before the vaccine was included in the national programme should get the shot, says Dr SK Sarin, V-C of the Institute of Liver and Biliary Sciences (ILBS)
‘Only regular testing can arrest Hepatitis B and prevent liver cancer’
July 29, 2022 1:18 pm
With the global goal of reducing the incidence of the blood-borne Hepatitis B and C by 90 per cent in 2030, the Vice-Chancellor of the Institute of Liver and Biliary Sciences, Dr SK Sarin, talks about the need for making treatments accessible, the need for 100 per cent childhood immunisation for Hepatitis B and reducing the stigma so that people get tested.
World Hepatitis Day 2022: Expert debunks myths related to the infectious liver disease
July 27, 2022 9:41 am
Do not panic if you have hepatitis, and seek timely treatment without any delay, said Dr Tribhuvan Gulati, expert diabetes, yhyroid, metabolic disorders, Apollo Spectra Delhi
Explained: The mysterious Hepatitis outbreak in children around the world
April 28, 2022 11:14 am
Hepatitis B is an infection in the liver which happens because of the Hepatitis B virus or HBV. The virus usually spreads through blood, semen or other body fluids.
World Hepatitis Day 2021: Follow these hygiene practices to stay away from the disease
July 28, 2021 1:58 pm
Hepatitis is a preventable disease, and you can stay safe by taking some specific measures
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