Hepatitis A is rarely fatal, although those with liver disease or a weakened immune system could require hospitalization, according to the health department.

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Whilst harmless to the oysters, cholera, typhoid and hepatitis B pathogens were fatal to diners, who ate them, as we continue to do today, raw and alive.

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Wall Street is bracing for one of the biggest new drug categories in a decade: the launch of a series of antiviral medicines that could dramatically improve the cure rate for hepatitis C, a viral disease that slowly attacks the liver and is often fatal.

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