All the news Showing 10 of 22 articles from: Testing for hepatitis CGet an RSS feed of these articles Show All news infohep newsEditors' picks from other sources UK elimination of hepatitis C in jeopardy unless more patients found Keith Alcorn / 01 November 2017 Just one in three people with hepatitis C in the United Kingdom has been diagnosed according to the latest estimates released at this year’s World Hepatitis Summit in São Paulo, ... Hepatitis C halved in Spanish people living with HIV in one year due to treatment Keith Alcorn / 27 October 2017 Spain is making dramatic progress towards eliminating hepatitis C in people living with HIV because of widespread use of direct-acting antivirals, Juan Berenguer of Hospital Gregorio Marañón, Madrid, reported on Friday at the ... Hepatitis C testing linked to reduced opioid use among people who inject drugs Liz Highleyman / 25 October 2017 Getting tested for hepatitis C virus (HCV) was associated with reduced drug use, especially among those who tested positive, but even people who tested negative saw some reduction, according to study results presented ... Six-question risk score can identify HIV-positive gay men needing testing for acute hepatitis C Roger Pebody / 13 June 2017 Six questions can identify HIV-positive gay men who are at elevated risk of having acute (recent) hepatitis C infection and who would benefit from further testing, according to a paper ... High hepatitis C prevalence seen in Amsterdam PrEP study participants Gus Cairns / 06 February 2017 Researchers from the Dutch pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) demonstration study, AmPrEP, have found an unexpectedly high rate of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection in participants tested for it at baseline.The HCV ... Birth cohort screening and linkage to care for HCV treatment still weak in United States Keith Alcorn / 18 November 2016 Grave weaknesses in hepatitis C screening and linkage to care are still widespread in the United States and threaten to leave a large proportion of baby boomers with hepatitis C ... Age- and risk-based HCV screening will leave significant proportion of infections undiagnosed Michael Carter / 13 March 2016 Screening emergency department patients for hepatitis C virus (HCV) based on birth cohort and risk profile might mean that a quarter of undiagnosed infections would remain undetected, according to United States research published ... Improving referral from primary care boosts hepatitis C treatment uptake in UK study Keith Alcorn / 27 January 2016 Improving referral to hepatitis specialists and assessment by specialists resulted in almost four times as many people beginning hepatitis C treatment in one year at hospitals in Nottingham, the findings of a ... Hepatitis C is often not diagnosed until symptoms occur Liz Highleyman / 02 September 2013 Nearly half of people with hepatitis C are not tested for the virus until they develop clinical signs and symptoms such as elevated liver enzymes or jaundice, according to a US study described ... New US guidelines recommend hepatitis C test for everyone born between 1945 and 1965 Michael Carter / 21 August 2012 Anyone born between 1945 and 1965 should be tested for hepatitis C virus (HCV), according to new guidance released by the US Centers for Disease Control and Surveillance (CDC). The guidance quotes ... ← Prev123Next → 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 Email bulletin archive