All the news Showing 10 of 562 articles from: United StatesGet an RSS feed of these articles Show All news infohep newsEditors' picks from other sources Hepatitis C elimination Community-wide hepatitis C elimination campaign in Seattle increases number treated tenfold Keith Alcorn / 20 April 2021 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 ... Sexual transmission Reinfection after hepatitis C cure predicted by sexually transmitted infections Keith Alcorn / 07 April 2021 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 elimination How’s New York State Doing in Its Efforts to Eliminate Hepatitis C? Hep Mag / 07 April 2021 Hepatitis C elimination 12 good practices that should be part of the hepatitis C standard of care Keith Alcorn / 25 March 2021 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 ... Coronavirus Hepatitis C does not raise the risk of death from COVID-19 Keith Alcorn / 19 February 2021 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 ... Adherence to treatment High adherence and hepatitis C cure rates in active drug and alcohol users Keith Alcorn / 04 February 2021 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 ... Coronavirus Will people with liver disease be prioritised for COVID-19 vaccination? Keith Alcorn / 19 January 2021 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 ... Liver transplants On Waitlist for Liver Transplants, Women Die More Often Than Men Healthday / 18 January 2021 Prisoners High hepatitis C cure rate achieved in New York prisons Keith Alcorn / 09 December 2020 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 ... Treatment for people who use drugs State Policies Create Barriers to Hepatitis C Elimination Hep Mag / 17 November 2020 ← Prev1...23456...57Next → Other pages in this section Latest news All the news Hepatitis A Hepatitis B Hepatitis C Hepatitis D Hepatitis E Coronavirus NAFLD Treatment for hepatocellular carcinoma Transmission, epidemiology and prevention Health services, policy and advocacy Social issues Conference news Noticeboard Email bulletins News feeds