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The viral illness kills more people in the city than HIV, but antiviral medications may be helping cut its transmission.

A discovery about the mechanisms that enable the immune system to sustain long-term protection could revolutionize treatment for chronic disease and cancer.

Viral hepatitis is a major danger to public health. According to WHO’s 2024 Global Hepatitis Report, viral hepatitis deaths ...

Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the nominee to lead the Department of Health and Human Services, made disputed claims before the ...

Having peers facilitate virtual visits may lead to many more patients with hepatitis C receiving treatment and clearing the ...

NEWPORT BEACH, CALIFORNIA / ACCESS Newswire / / Physicians for Informed Consent (PIC), a 501(c)(3) nonprofit educational organization, has introduced a new comprehensive educational document to assist ...

The only natural host of the hepatitis C virus (HCV) is humans. Model organisms for laboratory studies, especially mice, ...

A recent analysis from the University of Missouri found that mid-Missourians coming into its emergency room for opioid ...

Hepatitis C is an infectious disease of the liver caused by the hepatitis C virus (HCV). In the United States, it is the most common blood-borne infection, impacting around 2.4 million Americans, or ...

Hepatitis B is inflammation of the liver in hominoidea, including humans, caused by the hepatitis B virus. The virus is transmitted by parenteral exposure, such as by exposure to infectious blood ...

focuses on hepatitis C virus (HCV)—which affects an estimated 58 million people worldwide—and its role in triggering a serious autoimmune disease called cryoglobulinemic vasculitis in up to 15 ...