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Only 11 countries are on course to meet their goals for elimination of hepatitis C by 2030, while five countries with the highest burdens of hepatitis C are unlikely to achieve elimination ...

Offering hepatitis C testing and treatment through a community drugs and alcohol service led to high uptake of testing and treatment among current and former injecting drug users, as well as a ...

A simplified regimen for the prevention of mother-to-child transmission of hepatitis B was just as effective as the standard preventive regimen in pregnant women with very high virus levels and is likely ...

The experimental hepatitis B antiviral VIR-2218 shows potent activity against the virus when combined with either a monoclonal antibody that targets three steps in the hepatitis B lifecycle, or pegylated interferon, two studies ...

Up to one in five people with hepatitis B treated with the experimental antiviral bepirovirsen achieved a sustained loss of hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) and HBV DNA, a sign indicating the ...

The United Kingdom is close to eliminating hepatitis C as an infection among people with HIV, according to an audit of HIV services carried out in 2021, published in the journal HIV ...

Fewer than one in eight gay or bisexual men with HIV spontaneously cleared a recent infection with hepatitis C, a large European study of recent hepatitis C infections has found. The study ...

After being cured of hepatitis C, markers of liver fibrosis do not continue to decline one year beyond cure, a study of women living with HIV and hepatitis C in the United ...

Reaching people who receive methadone opioid agonist therapy with the offer of an on-site hepatitis C test through their dispensing pharmacy greatly improved the uptake of hepatitis C testing and treatment when ...

Broader access to direct-acting antivirals has been accompanied by a decline or stabilisation in the rate of hepatitis C reinfection in people with HIV and there is no evidence that reinfection is undermining ...