Viral hepatitis is an infection of the liver with one of five strains of the hepatitis virus (A, B, C, D, or E), resulting in liver inflammation and damage. Hepatitis ...

Jody Baron and Gabi Fragiadakis discover why some people with chronic Hepatitis B are cured after they're taken off of ...

Hepatitis B can live outside the body for at least a week. During this time, the virus can be transmitted through blood or sexual fluids. Hepatitis B can be transmitted via: wet or dried semen, ...

Before the United States began vaccinating all infants at birth with the hepatitis B vaccine in 1991, around 18,000 children every year contracted the virus before their 10th birthday – about half of ...