The viral illness kills more people in the city than HIV, but antiviral medications may be helping cut its transmission.

Hepatitis C can be transmitted when blood that carries the virus comes into contact with the blood of someone who does not have the virus. This can occur if people share needles or personal care ...

The Philadelphia Department of Public Health has released its 2023 Annual Report on Hepatitis B, C, and D in the city. The ...

In the United States, it is the most common blood-borne infection, impacting around 2.4 million Americans, or roughly 1% of the adult population. Hepatitis C is typically spread through contact with ...

In 2023, three Northern Ontario health unit areas that make up two per cent of the provincial population accounted for 10 per ...

Viral hepatitis is a major danger to public health. According to WHO’s 2024 Global Hepatitis Report, viral hepatitis deaths ...

As India remains the thalassemia capital of the world, the Thalassemia Patients Advocacy Group (TPAG) has written an open ...

A recent analysis from the University of Missouri found that mid-Missourians coming into its emergency room for opioid ...

The virus is also frequently transmitted during sex, especially among HIV-positive men who have sex with men. You can contract the hepatitis C virus again even after you’ve received treatment ...

If no other government comes forward to close the funding gap, we will face an alarming increase in transmission,' says Finn Jarle Rode, executive director of The Hepatitis Fund - Anadolu Ajansı ...

Joining us to talk about the results and the role peer specialists can play to combat the spread of hepatitis C is Dr. Andrew Seaman, an associate professor of medicine at OHSU, the medical ...

Hepatitis B and C have the greatest public health impact because they cause chronic infection which can progress to cirrhosis and liver cancer. Hepatitis A and E, spread though unsafe water and ...