People aged 16 and over who receive blood tests in A&E at Leeds General Infirmary and St James's University Hospital are now ...

The Philadelphia Department of Public Health has released its 2023 Annual Report on Hepatitis B, C, and D in the city. The ...

Hepatitis B (sometimes referred to as hep B) is a liver infection caused by the hepatitis B virus (HBV). It typically causes symptoms like stomach pain, dark urine, fatigue, fever, jaundice (yellowing ...

The president of Tanzania has confirmed a case of the Marburg virus in the country. Marburg belongs to the same family of illnesses as Ebola and can cause death in up to 88% of cases. President ...

Chennai: Deaths due to viral hepatitis, which causes inflammation and damage to the liver, surpassed AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria nearly a decade ago. Yet India, which contributes significantly ...

and looks at the nonlinear parabolic association between serum hepatitis B virus (HBV) DNA levels and HCC risk. “Current clinical practice guidelines don’t advocate antiviral treatment for ...

Ways to avoid reinfection to the hepatitis C virus include avoiding sharing needles and using condoms or another barrier method during sex. Hepatitis C is a liver infection caused by the hepatitis ...

A lot of the stigma surrounding hepatitis C has to do with misunderstandings about the way the virus spreads. Hepatitis C passes from one person to another through direct contact with blood that ...

Hepatitis B is a virus that attacks the liver, causing liver inflammation and progressive liver damage. According to a 2023 report issued by the CDC, an estimated 13,300 new hepatitis B infections ...

More than 250 million people worldwide are estimated to have chronic hepatitis B infections, which can cause liver failure and cancer. Researchers see altering gene expression via epigenetic editing ...

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