W hen hepatitis C was first discovered in 1989, the virus was spread largely through blood transfusions, before the blood supply was regularly screened for the virus. Now, though, hepatitis C is ...

Mental health conditions are common among veterans and may play a larger role than previously recognized in raising liver ...

Canada is unlikely to meet the World Health Organization's (WHO's) target of eliminating the hepatitis C virus (HCV) by 2030, research suggested. The elimination targets for HCV include an 80% ...

The direct-acting antiviral glecaprevir/pibrentasvir (Mavyret) was highly effective and well tolerated in adults with acute ...

People who inject drugs have historically struggled to get treatment for the virus. Here’s how one physician has helped fight the stigma. When Lynn Taylor, MD, was in medical school, she studied under ...

In 2005, Nick Voyles was diagnosed with hepatitis C after being released from five years of incarceration. A nurse told him he had only six months to live. He was prescribed a drug cocktail, a ...

Millions of Americans live with chronic hepatitis and may not know it, because it can take years to become symptomatic. The most common types of the virus, hepatitis B and C, can lead to liver failure ...

A federal vaccine advisory committee this week is expected to discuss whether newborns should still get the hepatitis B ...

A landmark inquiry investigating the worst treatment disaster in the history of the NHS is set to conclude on Monday. Between the 1970s and early 1990s, patients were given contaminated blood and ...

Public health experts warn any delay to the newborn dose of the hepatitis B vaccine could threaten decades of progress.