All the news Showing 10 of 107 articles from: Transmission and preventionGet an RSS feed of these articles Show All news infohep newsEditors' picks from other sources 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 ... HCV infection is rising among HIV-positive gay men in San Diego Liz Highleyman / 24 October 2017 Hepatitis C incidence is increasing among gay and bisexual men living with HIV in San Diego, according to the largest analysis of its kind done in the United States. Study results were ... Does drug injection equipment other than syringes transmit hepatitis C? Liz Highleyman / 19 September 2017 Sharing drug preparation paraphernalia may not significantly contribute to hepatitis C virus (HCV) transmission among people who inject drugs, according to a study recently published in The Journal of Infectious Diseases. In an experiment designed ... To tackle the contaminated blood scandal, Britain must learn from Canada The Guardian / 02 August 2017 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 ... Hepatitis C virus reinfection is uncommon after being cured with DAAs Liz Highleyman / 22 May 2017 Most people on opiate substitution therapy were successfully treated for hepatitis C with an interferon-free regimen of grazoprevir/elbasvir (Zepatier), and only a small number became reinfected during three years of follow-up, researchers reported ... New hepatitis C infections tripled in US over the past five years Liz Highleyman / 22 May 2017 The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released new data last week showing that the number of new hepatitis C virus (HCV) infections reported to the agency nearly tripled between 2010 ... Hepatitis C increasing among pregnant women Liver Disease News from Medical News Today / 15 May 2017 Few young people with HCV in the US live close to needle-exchange services Michael Carter / 11 May 2017 The vast majority (80%) of young people with hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection in the United States have to travel at least ten miles to access needle exchange programmes, investigators report in the ... Hepatitis C treatment can be provided successfully at syringe programme sites Liz Highleyman / 18 April 2017 Administering direct-acting antiviral therapy for people who inject drugs at a syringe exchange site led to high sustained response rates in a pilot study in New York City, researchers reported at the recent ... ← Prev1...23456...11Next → 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