DEAR MAYO CLINIC: My brother was diagnosed with hepatitis C two years ago. Our family hopes to destigmatize the condition and encourage others to get tested. What causes hepatitis C? How can it be ...

Hepatitis, a widespread global infection, is often shrouded in misinformation and myths. Many mistakenly believe it can be transmitted through everyday interactions like sharing utensils, hugging, or ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is investigating a range of possible causes for the 180 cases of hepatitis in children reported over the past seven months in the United States. Cases of ...

Hepatitis is an inflammation of the liver. It’s considered acute until it lasts six months, at which point it’s considered chronic. Complications that can develop from chronic hepatitis include a ...

July 18, 2012 — Individuals who have chronic hepatitis C (HCV) infections, with detectable serum HCV RNA, have a significantly higher risk of dying from liver and non–liver related diseases compared ...

A small, new study from Israel describes a potential link between liver injury in children and long COVID. But it also highlights how much we still don't know about the ongoing mystery hepatitis ...

For the best experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings. Hepatitis is the inflammation of the liver (Photo: Shutterstock) Hepatitis is a liver ...

Blood-borne virus causes cirrhosis and liver cancer More than 70 million afflicted and 400,000 die each year Work allowed blood to be screened and treatment to be developed WHO leading drive to ...

Patients with hepatitis C should consider being vaccinated again for hepatitis B, because their immune response to the initial shot may be inadequate, a new study suggests. Researchers at the ...

In 1989, Prof. Charles M. Rice, virology, undertook the project of developing a treatment for hepatitis C based on the vaccine that was successful in combating yellow fever. Despite similarities in ...