Hepatitis B and herpes simplex virus are both sexually transmitted infections (STIs). However, they are not the same and develop due to different viruses. STIs spread from one person to another ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Hepatitis B virus was transmitted from one patient to another when they both underwent oral surgery in the same office, on the same day -- despite proper infection control ...

Viral hepatitis has quietly become one of the world’s most serious public health challenges. Nearly 287 million people across the world are now living with hepatitis B and C, yet a large number remain ...

Scientists from the Institut Pasteur, in collaboration with Kumamoto University in Japan, have assessed a new rapid diagnostic test to identify pregnant women at elevated risk of transmitting ...

We know the virus is most commonly passed from mother to child at birth or through contact with infected blood and bodily fluids, 5 with infants facing the highest risk of lifelong chronic infection ...