Hepatitis B and Hepatitis C are viral types of liver disease that are often not diagnosed until damage occurs to the liver.

Hepatitis can go unnoticed for years – which is why it is important to continue to raise awareness about its effects and how to recognise it. World Hepatitis Day is held on July 28 – and ahead of the ...

Late diagnosis rates ranged from 11%–70% for HCV and 15%–51% for HBV, indicating persistent detection gaps despite temporal improvements in some settings. Advanced-stage identification was linked to ...

Patients with hepatitis C should consider being vaccinated again for hepatitis B, because their immune response to the initial shot may be inadequate, a new study suggests. Researchers at the ...

Whether hepatitis resolves depends on the type and whether a person receives treatment. Hepatitis A usually resolves without medications, and while sometimes hepatitis B and C may last only a few ...

Chronic viral hepatitis is the long-term inflammation of the liver. It is caused by hepatitis B, C or D virus particles. Even though these viruses replicate differently, they all use the endoplasmic ...

World Hepatitis Day is observed on 28 July each year. Its purpose is to raise awareness to combat hepatitis and achieve the goals of the World Health Organization (WHO) for the elimination of ...

Prevention is the first step to making HBV and HCV infections rare. Hepatitis B is preventable with immunization, so prevention is a matter of ensuring widespread vaccination and taking steps to ...

Hepatitis is contagious. It is an inflammation of the liver that results from a virus. There are five types of viral hepatitis, and all are contagious, although they can spread in different ways.

Chronic untreated hepatitis C infection can result in irreversible liver damage, leading to liver cancer and/or eventual ...

Men who have sex with men who are living with HIV were found to have a significant burden of both hepatitis B and C infections. Patients who have HIV and HCV or HBV have shown a reduction in life ...