For a decade now, the world has had highly effective medications for hepatitis C infections. In the United States, they’ve mostly been sitting on the shelf, according to a new study. These drugs, ...

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 ...

According to a report from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the vast majority of individuals with hepatitis C still have not been cured nearly 10 years after breakthrough ...

A case of a 45-year-old construction worker with a history of intravenous drug use, homelessness, and occasional alcohol and tobacco use.

Fewer than 1 in 3 children with hepatitis C (HCV) see a clinician for care, and fewer than 1 in 8 receive treatment. “HCV is a silent killer,” said Megan Rose Curtis, MD, MS, the lead author of the ...

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Millions of Americans live with chronic hepatitis and may not know it, because it can take years to become symptomatic. The most common types of the virus, hepatitis B and C, can lead to liver failure ...

Congress faces a historic opportunity to stamp out a disease that kills thousands of Americans each year and save billions of dollars to boot. In March, the Biden administration proposed an initiative ...

These pills are easy-to-take oral antivirals with few side effects. They cure 95% of patients who take them. The treatments are also expensive, coming in at $20 to 25,000 dollars a course. A new ...

Most new infections in adults 40 and under These low cure rates come at a time when there’s been a significant shift in the ages of people being diagnosed with new hepatitis C infections. Hepatitis C ...