A new test developed by scientists at Northwestern University could make a big difference in the fight against hepatitis C.

People could learn within 15 minutes whether they are infected with hepatitis C, thanks to a rapid test developed by ...

As hepatitis B research progresses, achieving higher functional cure rates is becoming more feasible. It is vital that policymakers set clear elimination targets for hepatitis B, coordinate efforts, ...

Northwestern scientists have created the fastest-ever hepatitis C diagnostic, delivering accurate results in only 15 minutes.

Scientists at Northwestern University have developed the fastest test yet for diagnosing hepatitis C virus (HCV). The highly accurate diagnostic delivers results to patients in just 15 minutes—up to ...

Hepatitis B virus (HBV) causes hepatitis B. Worldwide, hepatitis B is thought to be the second deadliest infection; it's estimated that about five percent of the global population have the disease.

Hepatitis doesn’t always announce itself. While hepatitis A often comes on abruptly, as with a bad stomach bug, most cases of ...

Atomic force microscopy images show hepatitis B DNA in its natural state (left) and a zoomed-in look at how it wraps around human histones during an infection (right). Disrupting this process in an ...

Giving postpartum mothers with hepatitis C the opportunity to start antiviral treatment while still in the hospital after giving birth — and delivering the medication to their bedside before discharge ...

As the opioid epidemic has worsened in the United States, prevalence of hepatitis C has also increased. Hepatitis C is a bloodborne virus that damages the liver. It is mainly spread through sharing ...

In their effort to answer a decades-old biological question about how the hepatitis B virus (HBV) is able to establish infection of liver cells, research led by Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center ...