There are five kinds of hepatitis. Each has different causes, with one commonality: Hepatitis causes your liver to get inflamed. Hepatitis disease can also sometimes be spread through sexual contact.

Learn about hepatitis C, how it spreads, possible symptoms, and important steps to protect yourself and others from this ...

A new study reveals evidence that immune cells, liver cells and viral leftovers created a dangerous combination.

Coinfection with hepatitis B virus (HBV) is common in the human immunodeficiency virus-1 (HIV)-infected patient because of shared modes of transmission. HBV does not appear to alter HIV disease ...

Hepatitis E viruses (HEV) typically cause liver infections ... first time how hepatitis E viruses affect nerve cells. "We take human kidney cells that are excreted in the urine and reprogram ...

it was not previously known whether COX2 activity alone was sufficient to induce hepatitis. Now, Yu and colleagues have created transgenic mice that overexpress the human COX2 gene specifically in ...

Hepatitis B is a liver inflammation caused by the hepatitis B virus (HBV). It is the second-leading infectious cause of death globally after tuberculosis. Prevention of mother-to-child ...

In the first trimester of pregnancy, the most common cause of jaundice is viral hepatitis. [1,3,12] Other considerations include drug-induced hepatotoxicity, septicemia, and cholelithiasis ...