Oral treatments with direct-acting antiviral medication have been a game-changer. These were approved in Ireland in late 2014 ...

An infectious disease specialist in Regina is trying to raise awareness about the availability of drugs that have a 95 per cent cure rate for hepatitis C. Dr. Alex Wong, who works for the Regina ...

Hepatitis C is known as a “silent” virus that may not be detected until the slow but progressive and potentially ...

Countries are making measurable progress in combatting viral hepatitis, but the disease remains a major global health ...

Hepatitis C is a viral infection that affects your liver. You may not have symptoms. Hepatitis C is a viral infection caused by the hepatitis C virus (HCV) that affects the liver. It can be acute or ...

That yellowish tint in your skin might be the first sign something’s seriously wrong with your liver. By then, hepatitis has likely been damaging this vital organ for weeks or even years. While ...

Hepatitis affects 287 million globally, often undetected until severe liver damage, says the WHO. Early testing, awareness, ...

Given that HCV is a bloodborne virus, any circumstance that promotes continued drug injection—including failure to prevent or diagnose and adequately treat substance use disorders—can result in ...

ST. PAUL — After years of running Minnesota's largest needle exchange, Brian Warden is beginning to see something new among the increasing numbers of suburban and rural heroin users coming to trade in ...