India has a high number of chronic Hepatitis B and C cases, while Hepatitis A can lead to acute liver failure, it is usually a short-term i...

Initial investigations found a potential link between adenovirus infection and these cases of hepatitis.

Hepatitis A and E, an infection of the liver, can last for four-five weeks.

"As of May 1, at least 228 probable cases were reported to WHO from 20 countries, with over 50 additional cases under investigation," WHO s...

Though there was no change in recovery time, the researchers also found that the interferon therapy if administered after five days of hosp...

In some cases, the chronic infections leave behind long-term health implications.

Hepatitis is a condition of inflammation of the liver, and is mostly caused by viral infections.

Hepatitis signs can be asymptomatic, and damage the liver over time leading to cirrhosis.

People with hepatitis B are 76 per cent more likely to develop Parkinson's disease.

Concerns are not limited to India. The assessment shows the infection, as well as is its consequent mortality, increasing rapidly worldwide.

The organisation works on accelerating development and delivery of affordable diagnostic tests for poverty-related diseases.

People infected with HIV are already known to have an elevated risk for heart disease but hepatitis C can spark cardiovascular damage indep...

"The need of setting up a registry was felt as over 75 per cent of the people in India do not even know that a disease like hepatitis exist...

Getting a tattoo or body piercing may help you look 'cool' but the style statement may come loaded with an infection of hepatitis B and C v...

Hepatitis C virus causes chronic infection leading to cirrhosis and may cause liver cancer.

Cirrhosis of the liver is more common than previously thought, affecting more than 633,000 adults yearly in the US, according to a new stud...

Government will set up ten regional laboratories through the National Communicable Disease Centre (NCDC) for the surveillance of viral hepa...