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 ...

Sexual transmission is very, very unusual, but it could happen. About 2% of monogamous spouses where one spouse has the hepatitis C virus-- over a lifetime, about 2% of their partners will develop ...

Hepatitis C is inflammation of the liver in humans caused by the hepatitis C virus. The virus is primarily transmitted by blood-to-blood contact associated with transfusion and intravenous drug use.

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

According to data released by the World Health Organization, an estimated 325 million people worldwide are living with ...

£35 means we can empower more people living with HIV to challenge stigma with our information workshops, videos and broadcasts. Hepatitis C is a blood-borne infection that is transmitted in some of ...

highly contagious Hepatitis C: passed through blood to blood contact Symptoms include fatigue, loss of appetite, vomiting, yellowing of the skin and eyes, and darker urine than normal Preventing ...

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

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 ...

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