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A community-wide hepatitis C elimination campaign in Seattle, United States, tripled the number of people screened for hepatitis C and increased the number treated tenfold between 2014 and 2018, doctors and public health ...

Screening for sexually transmitted infections in people co-infected with HIV and hepatitis C during or shortly after completing direct-acting antiviral treatment to cure hepatitis C may predict which patients are at higher risk ...

Hepatitis C programmes and health services should review whether they are using best practices in diagnosis, treatment and care of people with hepatitis C, and update service models to improve hepatitis C elimination ...

People with hepatitis C were more likely to be admitted to hospital as a result of SARS-CoV-2 infection but no more likely to die when compared to people without hepatitis C of ...

People who use drugs achieved high rates of hepatitis C cure on direct-acting antiviral treatment despite ongoing drug and alcohol use, demonstrating that active drug use should not be a barrier to ...

People with decompensated cirrhosis should be prioritised for COVID-19 vaccination and immunosuppressive treatment after a liver transplant should not be a barrier to vaccination, an international panel of liver experts has concluded. Their review ...

Hepatitis C treatment in prisons can result in a high cure rate but people released from prison during treatment are less likely to be cured due to challenges in medication supply, continuity ...