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

Amid widespread criticism of the economy and soaring poverty rates, particularly in the North, the Kano State Government has allocated N2.5bn for mass weddings in 2025. TUKUR MUNTARI gauges public ...

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

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

Yes! STIs and other infections can be transmitted through oral sex. It’s possible to contract sexually transmitted infections ...

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

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

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

Background and Aim: The role of the newly described transfusion-transmitted virus (TTV), a ... comprising 36 patients with acute viral hepatitis (AVH) and 25 with fulminant hepatic failure ...

caused by the hepatitis B virus. The virus is transmitted by parenteral exposure, such as by exposure to infectious blood or body fluids, as well as by perinatal infection. Chronic Hepatitis B ...

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 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 ...