Discrimination against hepatitis B infected medical students could end

Students infected with hepatitis B, a highly infectious liver disease, may soon be allowed to train as doctors after a review by UK government and universities. Under the new plans, medical students would also be screened for HIV and hepatitis C for the first time. A positive result would not, however, mean that they could not become doctor.

The hepatitis B virus is thought to be the leading cause of liver cancer and is about 100 times more infectious than HIV. Currently students who test positive for …