Northwestern scientists have created the fastest-ever hepatitis C diagnostic, delivering accurate results in only 15 minutes. The test uses the DASH rapid PCR system, originally developed for COVID, ...

The Hamilton County Coroner's Office issued new findings in the decades-old murder case of Rhoda Nathan, who was brutally killed in a Blue Ash hotel room in 1994.In a statement released Tuesday ...

CINCINNATI (WXIX) - The Hamilton County Coroner’s Office now says it “appears” the victim of a 1994 murder investigation did have Hepatitis B. On Monday, Hamilton County Coroner Lakshmi Sammarco said ...

Hamilton County Coroner Dr. Lakshmi Sammarco. This story has been updated. Hamilton County Coroner Lakshmi Sammarco Tuesday acknowledged the victim of a high-profile 1994 murder had Hepatitis B. In a ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is no longer recommending giving all infants a dose of the hepatitis B vaccine within 24 hours after birth, approving a sweeping and highly ...

Instead of recommending the hepatitis B vaccine for all newborns, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention now officially advises women who test negative for the virus to consult health care ...

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Dec 16 (Reuters) - The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Tuesday ended a long-standing recommendation that all U.S. newborns receive the hepatitis B vaccine, leaving it instead to ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention approved a sweeping change to the nation’s childhood immunization schedule Tuesday, endorsing a recommendation from a federal advisory panel to drop the ...

When Dr. Su Wang was in medical school, she donated blood. That's when she learned she was infected with hepatitis B, a virus that attacks the liver and can lead to cancer and death decades later. "I ...