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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)...
How Hepatitis C Can Cause Anemia
Verywell Health via Yahoo News· 2 years agoHepatitis C is a viral infection affecting the liver caused by the hepatitis C virus. It is estimated that at least 2.4 million people in the United...
How Long Is the Incubation Period for Hepatitis C?
Verywell Health via Yahoo News· 2 years agoHepatitis C virus (HCV) causes an infection of the liver. It's transmitted through contact with infected blood. Many people with HCV infections, whether...
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...
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...
Here's What Hepatitis C Actually Is—and How You Get It
Parade via Yahoo News· 4 months agowhat-is-hepatitis-c-1-jpg Doctor talking to patient. iStock If you’ve heard of hepatitis C...
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...
Pregnant women show drastic increase in rates for Hepatitis C
United Press International via Yahoo News· 9 months agoNow, new research points to a skyrocketing risk in pregnant women for hepatitis infection. That's...
Hepatitis on track to overtake TB as world’s biggest infectious killer
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 2 weeks agoThe hepatitis B and C viruses are the most severe strains and, together, are the primary causes of...
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...