Hepatitis C is a viral infection that affects your liver. You may not have symptoms. Hepatitis C is a viral infection caused by the hepatitis C virus (HCV) that affects the liver. It can be acute or ...

Countries are making measurable progress in combatting viral hepatitis, but the disease remains a major global health ...

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Millions of Americans are still battling potentially deadly hepatitis C even though they could be cured with antiviral drugs ...

Hepatitis C is a viral infection that affects your liver, causing swelling and damage. Hepatitis C is transmitted through contact with the blood of a person who has hepatitis C — often through the use ...

The Damien Center in Indiana is now using the Cepheid GeneXpert system to detect active hepatitis C infection in an hour, and ...

Despite bipartisan agreement on the need for testing and treatment for the life-threatening liver disease hepatitis C, potentially hundreds of thousands of Americans remain untreated or even unaware ...

Hepatitis C and opioid use disorder are both chronic but treatable conditions. Yet many Americans living with this deadly combination aren’t offered treatment. Imagine going to your doctor with strep ...

Hepatitis C can carry a stigma, which can make it even harder for already marginalized groups to be vocal about the virus. Hispanic Americans are also more likely to die from hepatitis C (but less ...

Hepatitis affects 287 million globally, often undetected until severe liver damage, says the WHO. Early testing, awareness, ...

Viral hepatitis B and C—the two forms responsible for 95% of hepatitis-related deaths—claimed an estimated 1.34 million lives ...

T here’s a saying that viruses don’t discriminate. But the truth is, at least one virus, hepatitis C, is not at all color-blind in the United States. Research shows that white Americans are less ...