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What Is Hepatitis C (HCV)?
Verywell Health via Yahoo News· 1 year agoHepatitis C is an infection caused by the hepatitis C virus (HCV) that is mainly transmitted through shared needles. Hepatitis C causes few (if any)...
Hepatitis B vs. Hepatitis C: What Are the Differences?
Verywell Health via Yahoo News· 2 years agoA viral hepatitis infection is an inflammation of the liver, resulting in liver damage. There are...
Hepatitis C is a slow-moving killer that can be stopped. What's getting in the way?
LA Times via Yahoo News· 1 year agoHepatitis C can now be cured in most cases with antiviral medication. Yet in the U.S., only a...
What Is Hepatitis?
Verywell Health via Yahoo News· 1 year agoHepatitis is inflammation of the liver. Hepatitis can be acute (sudden and severe) or chronic (persistent or recurrent). Symptoms of hepatitis may...
Is Hepatitis Contagious?
Verywell Health via Yahoo News· 2 months 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...
What Causes Hepatitis C?
Health via Yahoo News· 1 year agoMedically reviewed by Mary Josephine Hessert, DO Hepatitis C is not hereditary, meaning it is not passed from parent to child. Instead, the hepatitis C...
We have a cure for hepatitis C. Why are hundreds of New Englanders still dying every year?
The Providence Journal via Yahoo News· 1 year agoHarriet Callahan was caught completely by surprise. While visiting a doctor for arthritis a few...
Infected blood: Hundreds of victims living with undetected hepatitis C
BBC via Yahoo News· 1 month agoJo Vincent was infected with hepatitis C in 1988 but not diagnosed until 2015 [BBC] About 1,750...
Hepatitis on track to overtake TB as world’s biggest infectious killer
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 2 months agoThe hepatitis B and C viruses are the most severe strains and, together, are the primary causes of...
Pregnant women show drastic increase in rates for Hepatitis C
United Press International via Yahoo News· 11 months agoNow, new research points to a skyrocketing risk in pregnant women for hepatitis infection. That's...