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 chronic and is primarily spread through blood-to-blood ...

Many people have been cured of hepatitis C, something that was once viewed as a death sentence, but it has yet to make a big ...

Unlike hepatitis C, hepatitis B can be prevented with vaccines. If you are accidentally exposed to the virus, there are also drug therapies you can take—called postexposure prophylaxis—to avert the ...

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HYDERABAD: With approximately a 150% increase in Hepatitis B cases and a 100% increase in Hepatitis C cases, Telangana has ...

The hepatitis C virus usually spreads through blood. The most common way that people get it is from injecting drugs -- especially when they share needles or syringes. The risk of getting hepatitis ...

Hepatitis is inflammation of the liver. Though it is most often caused by one of five different viruses (hepatitis A, B, C, D, and E), there are also nonviral causes ...

An international team of virologists, mammalian ecologists and zoologists has uncovered the evolutionary origins of the ...

Soliwoda-Doan was one of many Americans who had never even heard of H.B.V. There is no cure for hepatitis B, but it is ...

In animal and cell studies, silymarin blocked the hepatitis C virus and protected the liver from damage. But research in people hasn't been as positive. In one study of nearly 400 people with ...

Research suggests people with the hepatitis C virus (HCV) may be more likely to develop lichen planus, while those with lichen planus may be more likely to test positive for HCV. Lichen planus is ...

Chronic hepatitis C infections have fallen in people who inject drugs in the last 6 years. The latest data from the UK Health ...