Hepatitis C is an infection of the liver caused by the hepatitis C virus (HCV). Experts estimate that about 2.4 million people in the United States are living with hepatitis C—but that figure could be ...

Medical experts say vaccination is the best prevention method for hepatitis B, a liver infection that can be acute or chronic ...

Two Americans and a Briton won the 2020 Nobel Prize for Medicine on Monday for identifying the hepatitis C virus, in work spanning decades that has helped to limit the spread of the fatal disease and ...

Hepatitis is a condition caused by inflammation of the liver. Caused by various factors such as alcohol consumption, viral infections and autoimmune disorders, hepatitis can lead to acute or chronic ...

The following is a roundup of some of the latest scientific studies on the novel coronavirus and efforts to find treatments and vaccines for COVID-19, the illness caused by the virus.

Italian researchers have developed a combination of a drug and an antibody that triggers specific immune cells to fight the hepatitis virus, preventing it from damaging the liver of chronic patients.

President Donald Trump recently advised against the Hepatitis B vaccine for infants, instead recommending that parents wait ...

WASHINGTON — The tens of thousands of people in the U.S. who are infected by hepatitis B each year gained a new drug to fight the virus. The Food and Drug Administration said it approved Tyzeka, known ...

Hepatitis is an inflammatory disease which affects the liver and is often misunderstood by many individuals due to misconceptions. With an estimated 345 million individuals worldwide living with ...

People in Oregon are 2.7 times more likely than people who live in other U.S. states to die from hepatitis C, according to the CDC. The Oregon Health Authority said hepatitis C is the leading cause of ...

Vertex Pharmaceuticals has added a boxed warning to the label of its oral hepatitis C product Incivek after multiple deaths caused by skin reactions. According to the company “fatal cases of serious ...