During Hepatitis Awareness Month, the CDC and allied public health organizations launched educational campaigns to raise awareness of viral hepatitis, deflate stigma around the infection and encourage ...

If a doctor suspects that a person may have hepatitis B, they will likely order a single blood test to check for the condition. This test is called a hepatitis B titer panel, and it consists of three ...

Did you know viral hepatitis, an inflammation of the liver, causes more than 1 million deaths per year worldwide? That’s about the same number of deaths caused by tuberculosis and HIV combined.

Hepatitis A and hepatitis B can be prevented with vaccines. CDC recommends all eligible gay and bisexual men get vaccinated ...

Television commercials encouraging testing for Hepatitis C and national news stories about Hepatitis A outbreaks may have left you wondering, “What’s up with hepatitis?” The word hepatitis comes from ...

A viral infection that affects the liver is known as Hepatitis A and unlike Hepatitis B or Hepatitis C, Hepatitis A is not life-threatening but it can make you feel sick for weeks or even months.

Does more extensive hepatitis C screening help or hurt patients? The risk-benefit profile of more widespread hepatitis C screening is not sufficiently understood, researchers suggest. Though many ...

Hepatitis A blood tests check for immunoglobulin M (IgM) and immunoglobulin G (IgG) antibodies. An IgG-positive and IgM-negative result may suggest immunity to hepatitis A. A doctor may request a ...

A recent study looked at how cannabis can help those previously diagnosed with hepatitis C avoid risk of diabetes. It revealed that those who use cannabis are less likely to develop diabetes as a ...

If you're looking for ways to treat hepatitis C, you have more choices than ever before, including antiviral medicines that cure the disease (the first-line treatment for hep C). But some people turn ...

Responding to a request from Gov. Jim Justice, the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has moved a 6-person team into West Virginia to help knock down an outbreak of Hepatitis A. Gov.

A clinical trial led by Kirby Institute at UNSW Sydney has found that point-of-care testing for hepatitis B DNA is as ...