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...

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

Out of the 650 probable cases, at least 38 (6 per cent) children have required transplants, and nine (1 per cent) deaths have been reported...

"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...

Ten of the children with unexplained hepatitis needed liver transplants in the UK.

The infection mainly affected children aged under 10 and symptoms included jaundice, diarrhoea, vomiting and abdominal pain.

The WHO says one in five Indians is likely to suffer from a liver disease.

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.

He feels there should be a fixed budget for the prevention and eradication of the disease.

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

"It is the company's goal to enable access to these medicines for as many people as possible, as quickly as possible," the spokesperson add...

"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...

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

The findings can bring an effective hepatitis C vaccine closer to reality.

City-based International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology has joined hands with US-based Emory Vaccine Center to develop va...