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 ...

A viral infection, hepatitis C causes inflammation of the liver. Unlike for hepatitis A and B, there is no vaccine for ...

Even after symptoms clear, hepatitis C antibodies remain in your blood and could pose an infection risk to those receiving blood or plasma donations. Hepatitis C occurs from the hepatitis C virus (HCV ...

People could learn within 15 minutes whether they are infected with hepatitis C, thanks to a rapid test developed by Northwestern University. The test will allow doctors to diagnose infections during ...

Dear Dr. Roach: I am 90 and in reasonably good health. I recently had blood tests that showed a spike in my liver levels. An evaluation showed that I had hepatitis C. I have had a very hard time ...

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

Northwestern University scientists have created the fastest hepatitis C diagnostic available, delivering accurate results in just 15 minutes. The breakthrough test operates up to 75% faster than other ...

The NHS has found 225 people with a silent but deadly virus as part of efforts to stamp out the disease and identify more victims of the infected blood scandal. Officials said more than 100,000 people ...

More than 15,000 Americans per year die from hepatitis C and most of them are in the baby boomer generation. That's why the federal government is recommending that anyone born from 1945 to 1965 get a ...

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

The Damien Center in Indiana is now using the Cepheid GeneXpert system to detect active hepatitis C infection in an hour, and ...