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There are a lot of myths surrounding the hepatitis C virus. Learn the facts about this infection.
There’s no vaccine to prevent hepatitis C infections, which often go undetected for years – experts say the virus’ stealthy nature and inadequate access to testing mean that many more people ...
Using low-temperature electron microscopy, scientists at Scripps Research and the University of Amsterdam report they have mapped critical proteins that cover the surface of the hepatitis C virus ...
Scientists have discovered how a protein and enzymes interact to allow hepatitis A virus to replicate, and then used a known drug to stop viral replication in an animal model.
Twenty-one-year-old Satta Kollie (not her real name), a high school senior student, never thought her dream of becoming a Registered Nurse would be shattered when she contracted Hepatitis B that ...
Obstetricians already routinely screen women for hepatitis B, HIV and syphilis, but not always for hepatitis C, even though the disease is often more prevalent.
For World Hepatitis Day, a Manatee County woman share her story of living with hepatitis C.
A vaccine to protect against infection with hepatitis C could be in use within 5 years, says Professor Sir Michael Houghton, who won the Nobel Prize for Medicine and Physiology along with three ...
Hepatitis C vaccine could be rolled out within five years, says Nobel Prize winner who discovered virus Peer-Reviewed Publication European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases ...
Houghton and his team developed a hepatitis C vaccine that is now in pre-clinical testing. He is also at the front lines of addressing the COVID-19 pandemic.