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 an inflammation of the liver. It’s considered acute until it lasts six months, at which point it’s considered chronic. Complications that can develop from chronic hepatitis include a ...
Learn about hepatitis C during pregnancy, its risks for moms and babies, and important facts every expectant mother should ...
Humboldt County's Public Health brach gave a presentation on a 13-year-old syringe exchange, overdose prevention and harm reduction program.
Regions with the most vertically transmitted HCV infections were Southern Asia, Western Africa, and Eastern Africa. HealthDay News — Each year, nearly 74,000 children are born with hepatitis C virus ...
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 ...
Millions of Americans are estimated to live with chronic hepatitis C. Incidents of new infections have more than doubled since 2013, and for decades, stigma has played an outsized role in determining ...
A landmark inquiry investigating the worst treatment disaster in the history of the NHS is set to conclude on Monday. Between the 1970s and early 1990s, patients were given contaminated blood and ...
Public comment period opens for proposed Medicaid work requirements. Chippewa Cree Tribe awarded $2.5 million for hepatitis C treatment. Missoula County awarded $1.2 million for wildfire mitigation.