All the news Showing 10 of 639 articles from: Hepatitis CGet an RSS feed of these articles Show All news infohep newsEditors' picks from other sources Peer support improved hepatitis C treatment uptake and completion in England Keith Alcorn / 30 June 2021 Peer support increased hepatitis C treatment initiation and completion in England between 2017 and 2020, an evaluation of a national peer support scheme run by the Hepatitis C Trust has found. ... High prevalence of viral hepatitis among healthcare workers in Africa Keith Alcorn / 21 June 2021 Almost 7% of healthcare workers in Africa have hepatitis B and 5% have hepatitis C, according to a systematic review of published studies. Greater efforts to vaccinate against hepatitis B and improve ... Liver transplant outcomes improve in people with HIV and hepatitis C Keith Alcorn / 21 June 2021 Survival after a liver transplant has improved significantly in people with HIV and hepatitis C co-infection since the introduction of direct-acting antiviral treatment for hepatitis C, US researchers report in the journal Transplantation ... What happens after curing hepatitis C? Avoiding, minimising or accepting the risks of re-infection Krishen Samuel / 14 June 2021 Swiss men living with HIV approach the risk of re-infection with hepatitis C after cure in different ways, based on recent qualitative research by Dr Patrizia Künzler-Heule and colleagues from the Universities of ... HIV treatment choice affects improvement in liver after hepatitis C cure Keith Alcorn / 08 June 2021 People with HIV who were cured of hepatitis C experienced greater reductions in liver stiffness if they were taking an antiretroviral regimen that contained a non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor (NNRTI), Spanish researchers report ... Liver function improves in most people with cirrhosis after hepatitis C cure Keith Alcorn / 18 May 2021 Most people with hepatitis C and liver cirrhosis experience improvement in liver function after direct-acting antiviral treatment, but a small minority – mainly those with a history of liver decompensation – may ... Australia: recent drug users more likely to start hepatitis C treatment Keith Alcorn / 10 May 2021 Australia’s model of universal access to direct-acting antiviral treatment for hepatitis C has been especially successful in treating recent drug users, the group most critical to reach for the elimination of the virus, ... Hepatitis C testing in gay and bisexual men with HIV below target, US study finds Keith Alcorn / 27 April 2021 Testing for hepatitis C among gay and bisexual men with HIV who are at higher risk of acquiring hepatitis C is falling short of recommendations, a study of a large US cohort ... Swiss opioid substitution therapy programme reports strong progress towards hepatitis C elimination Keith Alcorn / 14 April 2021 Direct-acting antiviral treatment cured almost everyone treated for hepatitis C in a large cohort of people receiving opioid substitution therapy, Swiss researchers report in the Swiss Medical Weekly. The study also observed a ... Outreach to homeless in England achieved large-scale testing for hepatitis C during the COVID-19 lockdown Keith Alcorn / 25 March 2021 Outreach to homeless people in England housed in temporary accommodation during the COVID-19 pandemic led to over 1200 to be tested for hepatitis C, one in ten to test positive for active ... ← Prev1...34567...64Next → Other pages in this section Latest news All the news Hepatitis A Hepatitis B Hepatitis C Transmission and prevention Diagnosis and monitoring Disease course and symptoms HCV and coinfections Living with HCV Treatment issues Side effects Therapies Liver transplants Hepatitis D Hepatitis E Coronavirus NAFLD Treatment for hepatocellular carcinoma Transmission, epidemiology and prevention Health services, policy and advocacy Social issues Conference news Email bulletin archive