Chennai: Deaths due to viral hepatitis, which causes inflammation and damage to the liver, surpassed AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria nearly a decade a.
The report by the WHO and the Federal Ministry of Health suggested that more than 20 million people, representing more than 10 per cent of Nigeria’s population, are living with chronic infection of ...
You may not have symptoms. Hepatitis C is a viral infection caused by the hepatitis C virus (HCV) that affects the liver. It can be acute or chronic and is primarily spread through blood-to-blood ...
Unlike hepatitis C, hepatitis B can be prevented with vaccines. If you are accidentally exposed to the virus, there are also drug therapies you can take—called postexposure prophylaxis—to avert the ...