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People with cirrhosis of the liver had delayed and suboptimal responses to the Pfizer or Moderna SARS-CoV-2 vaccines compared to healthy adults, an Italian study has found. People with decompensated cirrhosis had significantly ...

Viral hepatitis tests and treatment declined significantly during 2020 as a consequence of the COVID-19 pandemic, a survey of 31 liver centres on five continents has shown. The decline in testing and ...

The global prevalence of hepatitis C has declined since 2015, partly due to scale-up of direct-acting antiviral treatment, but fewer than one in four people with hepatitis C has been diagnosed, ...

From a height of more than 164,000 in 2015, the number of people treated with direct-acting antiviral (DAA) therapy for hepatitis C has steadily declined, reaching a low point during the COVID-19 pandemic, ...

European Union states are far from reaching the global targets towards hepatitis C elimination, especially on harm reduction, testing and treatment, Dr Erika Duffell of the European Centre for Disease ...

Curing hepatitis C improves cognitive function, especially in older people already showing signs of cognitive impairment, a Spanish study has found. Cognitive impairment covers a wide spectrum of problems with memory, concentration, learning, attention ...

The rate of new hepatitis C infections halved among gay and bisexual men with HIV in France between 2014 and 2017 following the introduction of direct-acting antivirals, a French cohort study has ...

A simplified, same-day treatment model led to a higher cure rate compared with usual care for young people who inject drugs, according to research presented last week at the virtual IDWeek meeting. ...

People with HIV were more likely to develop fatty liver disease if they took antiretroviral treatment that contains an integrase inhibitor or tenofovir alafenamide (TAF), a German research group has found. Non-alcoholic ...

People with diabetes and those with hazardous alcohol intake were significantly more likely to remain undiagnosed with hepatitis C and present with advanced fibrosis, a large number of people diagnosed with hepatitis ...