The Latest Breaking News from Hepatitis

LOS ANGELES — Michael Mendez said that when learned he had hepatitis C, "I didn't even know what it was."

The country’s health authority hopes to reduce the transmission rate of HIV to under 2% and hepatitis B to 1% or less by 2025

Too many Americans are missing out on a cure for hepatitis C

Christmas ham, hot chocolate and cheese are among the items that the Food Safety Authority of Ireland has issued recall notices for. Some of the affected products were for sale in Tesco, SuperValu, Dunnes, Lidl and Aldi.

Chile's government launched an investigation on Tuesday after raspberries from a Chilean company were recalled in the United States due to hepatitis A contamination. 

The health service introduced opt-out HIV screening in April to 33 hospital departments as part of efforts to stop new cases by 2030.

The Government is under pressure to set out when it will publish its response to recommendations from a top KC about how it should provide compensation to victims of the contaminated blood scandal

Scientists have captured and modeled a key structure in the hepatitis C virus, which will pave the way for vaccine development.

The hepatitis C virus, or HCV, causes a chronic liver infection that can lead to permanent liver scarring and, in dire cases, cancer. It affects around 71 million people worldwide and causes approximately 400,000 deaths each year. While treatments are available for HCV-related infections, they are expensive, hard to access…