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 ...

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

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

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 ...

For decades, newborns in the U.S. have been given the hepatitis B vaccine. This could change. A CDC vaccine advisory panel ...

Clinicians and epidemiologists warn the decision could unravel decades of progress and expose newborns to a deadly, ...

Vaccinating babies for hepatitis B at birth remains one of the clearest, most evidence-based ways to keep American children ...

A physician fact checks President Trump's recent remarks on social media lauding the CDC Vaccine Advisory committee's ...

Many medical organizations and frontline health care providers are grappling with a challenge they haven't had to face in ...

On Dec. 5, a federal vaccine advisory panel voted to change the long-standing recommendation that all newborns receive a dose ...

The CDC's vaccine advisory committee voted Dec. 5 to stop recommending all newborns get the hepatitis B vaccine at birth, a ...