The New Jersey Supreme Court will consider consolidating dozens of infection lawsuits against a New Jersey surgery center before one state judge for pretrial proceedings involving claims that the center's…
A New Jersey surgery center warning patients to get tested for HIV and hepatitis was found using rusty surgical tools, dirty bed sheets and other sanitation problems.
Thousands of patients from a New Jersey surgical center are being warned they may have been exposed to bloodborne diseases due to improper infection controls.
A Denver hospital is warning patients that they may have been exposed to HIV and hepatitis B and C due to sterilization errors between July 21, 2016 to February 20,…
A new report warns that some hepatitis C drugs may cause severe liver injury and liver failure, sometimes because they can reactivate the hepatitis B virus.
European medical regulators warn that some hepatitis C drug side effects could reactivate dormant hepatitis B viral infections in patients, causing liver damage and potentially death.
The FDA is warning that some hepatitis C drugs may reactivate hepatitis B in some patients, and is requiring those drugs to carry a black box warning.
The FDA has linked the leukemia drugs Rituxan and Arzerra to reactivation of hepatitis B virus and deaths due to liver failure.
One lot of Recombivax Hepatitis B vaccine by Merck is being recalled after the discovery that some of the vials containing the drug are cracked.
At least 60 patients treated by an Oklahoma dentist, who was labeled a “menace to public health,” have tested positive for either Hepatitis C or HIV, Tulsa health officials say.…
