A Wigan and Leigh drug and alcohol charity has been able to announce the micro-elimination of hepatitis C ahead of the NHS 2030 target.

Screening for hepatitis C has been routine for pregnant women since 2020. But testing positive for the chronic liver infection often comes as a surprise, because the virus doesn’t usually cause ...

Hepatitis C infection. Computer illustration showing liver and close-up view of hepatitis C viruses. Studies show that mortality, morbidity, and hepatic decompensation risks increase with coinfection ...

In 2005, Nick Voyles was diagnosed with hepatitis C after being released from five years of incarceration. A nurse told him he had only six months to live. He was prescribed a drug cocktail, a ...

New report highlights progress and persistent gaps in global viral hepatitis elimination, underscoring need to expand testing ...

MAVIRET is the first and only oral eight-week pan-genotypic treatment option approved for people with acute or chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) in ...

A new rapid test for hepatitis C could help identify many more patients who could be cured of the deadly disease, but its use may be limited unless insurers' reimbursement rises to cover its high cost ...

T here’s a saying that viruses don’t discriminate. But the truth is, at least one virus, hepatitis C, is not at all color-blind in the United States. Research shows that white Americans are less ...

Patients with hepatitis C should consider being vaccinated again for hepatitis B, because their immune response to the initial shot may be inadequate, a new study suggests. Researchers at the ...