A test using a single spot of dried blood successfully detected HIV, hepatitis B, and hepatitis C in all 60 samples with known amounts of each virus. Data on a groundbreaking test with the potential ...

A hepatitis panel is a blood test that doctors use to diagnose hepatitis. Hepatitis refers to a group of viral liver diseases, including hepatitis A, hepatitis B, and hepatitis C. The blood test will ...

Maggie McGehee never imagined something as simple as a letter would change her life. In fact, she almost tossed it in the trash, thinking it was just a solicitation from the blood bank she had ...

Dear Dr. Roach: I am a 70-year-old with O-negative blood type. When I was 40, the Red Cross notified me that antibodies of hepatitis C had been detected in my blood and they would no longer accept ...

A new scoring system using common clinical parameters accurately identifies chronic liver disease patients with a ...

The NHS has found 225 people with a silent but deadly virus as part of efforts to stamp out the disease and identify more victims of the infected blood scandal. Officials said more than 100,000 people ...

Hundreds of people have been diagnosed with either HIV or hepatitis B since A&E departments across the Midlands started ...

DEAR DR. ROACH: I am 90 and in reasonably good health. I recently had blood tests that showed a spike in my liver levels. An evaluation showed that I had hepatitis C. I have had a very hard time ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

It’s been called the silent epidemic. Hepatitis C is the most common chronic blood-borne viral infection in the United States with 4 million Americans infected. Because it can linger for decades with ...