A Seattle biotech company is working on a tweak to gene expression that could shut down hepatitis B (HBV), one of the viruses ...

Community-based testing is highly effective in increasing access to treatment and care for hepatitis B and C. It can reach first-time test-takers and people who are less likely to access health-care ...

while influenza B typically has a distinct but much smaller peak in late February or March. “You tend to have one or the other virus predominant at any given time,” said Anice Lowen ...

Patients at Vanderbilt University Medical Center receiving endoscopy care may have been exposed to HIV and Hepatitis B and C, the Davidson County Health Department confirmed. Davidson County ...

Rwanda is facing its first ever Marburg virus outbreak. Beginning in late September, 62 cases and 15 deaths had been reported by 17 October, mostly among healthcare workers in Kigali, the capital ...

Hepatitis B is a liver disease caused by the hepatitis B virus (HBV). It can range from a mild illness, lasting a few weeks (acute), to a serious long-term (chronic) illness that can lead to liver ...

Hepatitis and pregnancy is a complicated topic because there are many different types of hepatitis. Hepatitis just means any disease that causes inflammation of the liver. It can be caused by a virus ...

Late last month, Rwanda reported its first-ever case of Marburg virus disease. Like Ebola, Marburg can cause severe hemorrhagic fever and has high case fatality rates (20% to 90%, depending on the ...

Mr. Quammen is the author of “Breathless: The Scientific Race to Defeat a Deadly Virus.” Health officials would like to remind you that we are entering that time of the year still quaintly ...

In the United States, it's estimated that 850,000 people are living with hepatitis B. However, the numbers may be as high as 2.2 million. Transmitting the virus through sex is possible, though it's ...