The hepatitis C virus usually spreads through blood. The most common way that people get it is from injecting drugs -- especially when they share needles or syringes. The risk of getting hepatitis ...

If you're looking for ways to treat hepatitis C, you have more choices than ever before, including antiviral medicines that cure the disease (the first-line treatment for hep C). But some people ...

A global rush for bauxite, the ore of aluminum, is underway led by Chinese and U.S. companies. In the South American country of Suriname, Chinalco, a state-owned Chinese miner and metal producer ...

She's worked as a pastry chef in some of the finest restaurants in New York City, as a culinary instructor, and as a recipe developer. Aluminum foil is a kitchen staple for a reason—it's durable, ...

Let me help. In the 1940s aluminum-laminate skis with a wood core were coming about but didn’t take off until Howard Head jumped in the game. After his own challenge in learning to ski on ...

Higher Education Policy is an international, peer-reviewed journal that focuses on issues of significance in higher education policy. The journal publishes original analyses, whether theoretical, ...

Charlotte Dickens, who had a blood transfusion in 1980, ordered a home kit after reading a BBC story There has been a surge in demand for hepatitis C tests since the BBC revealed that hundreds of ...

Up to 27,000 people were exposed to hepatitis C after having blood transfusions in the 1970s, 80s and 90s. The true scale of undiagnosed cases is based on BBC analysis of statistics submitted to ...

There are specific restrictions around blood donation to keep the blood supply safe for those who need it. People with certain types of viral hepatitis cannot donate blood, but this does not apply to ...

Some parts of these materials can enter the food that we cook or bake in them. Most of the time, this is harmless. People in Canada normally take in about 10 milligrams of aluminum daily, mostly from ...