Hepatitis C is a viral infection that can spread through contact with an infected person’s blood. Transmission can occur when sharing drug needles, razors, and nail clippers. You can also contract the ...

Countries are making measurable progress in combatting viral hepatitis, but the disease remains a major global health ...

Nearly 287 million people worldwide live with hepatitis B or C, yet most remain undiagnosed until severe liver damage occurs.

Approval of Mavyret (glecaprevir and pibrentasvir) tablets has been expanded to eight-week treatment for treatment-naive patients aged 12 years and older with chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) genotypes ...

Hepatitis C is the leading cause of chronic liver disease and liver cancer in the world and affects an estimated 51 million people globally. Though the viral infection is easily diagnosable and ...

The World Health Organization (WHO) released a new report on hepatitis today, marking the World Hepatitis Summit. Since 2015, ...

The incidence of cirrhosis and its related complications, such as hepatic decompensation and hepatocellular carcinoma, in hepatitis C-infected patients has increased dramatically over the past 10 ...

According to the Global Hepatitis Report 2026, a whopping 1.1 million people died from hepatitis B and 240,000 from hepatitis ...

Jon LaPook, M.D. is the award-winning chief medical correspondent for CBS News. Since joining CBS News in 2006, LaPook has delivered more than 1,200 reports on a wide variety of breaking news and ...

Global efforts to combat viral hepatitis are delivering measurable progress in reducing infections and deaths, but the ...

Ledipasvir-sofosbuvir (Harvoni) is an antiviral medication that attacks the hepatitis C virus. It's one of the most effective treatments for hep C. Hepatitis means inflamed liver. After 6 months, it’s ...

If you’ve heard of hepatitis C (hepa-what?!), you might think of actress Pamela Anderson, who was diagnosed with the disease in the early 2000s. Or maybe you associate it with people who have ...