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What Does It Mean to be a Hepatitis B Carrier?
Verywell Health via Yahoo News· 1 year agoHepatitis B is a virus that infects the liver. It can be acute (short-term) or chronic (long-term) and may result in liver damage, failure, and even...
Hepatitis B Vaccine Schedule for Adults
Verywell Health via Yahoo News· 2 years agoHepatitis B is a vaccine-preventable viral disease that involves inflammation of the liver. The hepatitis B virus (HBV) usually leads to a short-term...
What Is Hepatitis?
Verywell Health via Yahoo News· 12 months agoHepatitis is inflammation of the liver. Hepatitis can be acute (sudden and severe) or chronic (persistent or recurrent). Symptoms of hepatitis may...
Possible hepatitis A exposure at Philadelphia ShopRite, health officials warn
ABC News via Yahoo News· 3 months agoThe Philadelphia Department of Public Health is warning that several people may have recently been...
Signs and Symptoms of Acute and Chronic Hepatitis
Health via Yahoo News· 8 months agoHepatitis (sometimes also called viral hepatitis) is a general term that describes the inflammation of the liver, which is an organ that helps get rid of...
Is Hepatitis Contagious?
Verywell Health via Yahoo News· 1 month agoHow Do You Get Hepatitis A, B, and C? Medically reviewed by Renee Nilan, MD Hepatitis is swelling or inflammation of the liver, often caused by a viral...
Dr. Mitra: World Hepatitis Day brings awareness to a disease you may not know you have
Florida Today via Yahoo News· 2 years agoHepatitis — a disease that causes inflammation of the liver — is a global epidemic affecting...
What to Do If Your Partner Has Hepatitis B
Verywell Health via Yahoo News· 2 years agoHepatitis B (HBV) is a virus that causes inflammation and damage to the liver. It is transmitted through exposure to infected body fluids or from mother...
A Mysterious Hepatitis Outbreak Among Children Is Baffling Doctors
Time via Yahoo News· 2 years agoCredit - Getty Images Since last autumn, doctors at the Children’s Hospital of Alabama have been...
Possible cause of mystery hepatitis in kids identified in new study, but more research needed
TODAY via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThe pediatric hepatitis outbreak with no known cause may be due to long COVID, a new study finds....