Hepatitis

How does the hepatitis C virus keep the immune system at bay? A scientist finds the answer — and it involves a standard technique used by villains.

A new CDC report finds that just a third of those diagnosed with hepatitis C have cleared the virus — a decade after a cure was made available.

In about an hour and with just a finger-prick of blood, researchers can tell some of the toughest-to-treat patients — people who inject drugs — they have hepatitis C and hand over potentially life-saving medication.

Health officials remain perplexed by the cases. The best available evidence points to a fairly common stomach bug called adenovirus 41.

On What's Health Got to Do With It, experts discuss the biggest medical headlines of the past month. Other topics include recent outbreaks of a pediatric hepatitis and meningococcal meningitis,

The count of pediatric cases under investigation has grown since the agency's last update, but most of the increase represents previous cases that are just now being reported.

The agency says it received reports of at least 169 cases of “acute hepatitis of unknown origin” from a dozen countries but did not confirm where the fatality occurred.

The usual viruses that cause infectious hepatitis were not seen in the cases, and scientists and doctors are considering other possible sources.

A hepatitis C clinic is one of the board’s projects to help residents in less wealthier areas gain access to needed treatments and care.

The scientists' work led to a test to protect blood transfusion recipients from hepatitis C and drugs to treat the infection that have saved millions of lives, according to the Nobel Assembly.