July Is Hepatitis Awareness Month
by Phillips Clinic on 06/30/25
About Viral Hepatitis Awareness
Hepatitis Awareness serves as a time to raise awareness about hepatitis A, hepatitis B, and hepatitis C while encouraging testing, vaccination, and timely treatment. Viral hepatitis is a major public health threat and worse, hundreds of thousands of people in the United States don't know they are infected.
The CDC reminds everyone that hepatitis A and hepatitis B can be prevented, and hepatitis C can be cured.
Hepatitis A and hepatitis B are vaccine preventable and hepatitis C can be cured.
Hepatitis A
Hepatitis A infection usually causes a mild, short-term illness. Vaccination is the best way to prevent infection.
Hepatitis B and Hepatitis C
Most people with hepatitis B or hepatitis C do not look or feel sick. Getting tested is the only way to know if you have either virus and get treatment, which can prevent serious health problems including liver damage, liver cancer, and even death.
Although there is no cure for hepatitis B, treatments are available that can delay or reduce the risk of developing liver cancer.
There is currently no vaccine to prevent hepatitis C, but curative treatments are available. Most people with hepatitis C can be cured with just 8–12 weeks of well-tolerated oral-only treatment. Testing is the first step.
Get the facts.
Hepatitis is the world’s deadliest virus, after COVID-19.
There are over 2 million new cases of hepatitis every year.
More than 300 million people are living with hepatitis.
Hepatitis is the leading cause of liver cancer.
We have everything we need to eliminate hepatitis by 2030
