Hepatitis B (sometimes referred to as hep B) is a liver infection caused by the hepatitis B virus (HBV). It typically causes symptoms like stomach pain, dark urine, fatigue, fever, jaundice (yellowing ...

When news broke in 2014 that hepatitis C, a viral disease affecting the liver, could be cured thanks to a new class of direct-acting antiviral drugs, many began to wonder how soon it would be before ...

Ottawa Public Health (OPH) is alerting the public to a possible hepatitis A exposure at the Tim Hortons location at 372 Hunt Club Rd. OPH is investigating a confirmed case of hepatitis A in an ...

More information: Jinlin Hou et al, Xalnesiran with or without an Immunomodulator in Chronic Hepatitis B, New England Journal of Medicine (2024). DOI: 10.1056/NEJMoa2405485 ...

Up to 27,000 people were exposed to hepatitis C after having blood transfusions in the 1970s, 80s and 90s. The true scale of undiagnosed cases is based on BBC analysis of statistics submitted to ...