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If you’ve heard of hepatitis C (hepa-what?!), you might think of actress Pamela Anderson, who was diagnosed with the disease in the early 2000s. Or maybe you associate it with people who have ...

How do viruses do their job of infecting humans? Some of them are experts at evading the immune system so that it won't knock them out. Take hepatitis C, a sneaky and potentially deadly viral ...

The American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases supports a court ruling that temporarily blocks changing the childhood and adolescent immunization schedule, including the hepatitis B birth ...

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