All the news Showing 10 of 37 articles from: Injecting drug useGet an RSS feed of these articles Show All news infohep newsEditors' picks from other sources Hepatitis C declining among drug users in UK Keith Alcorn / 11 February 2021 The prevalence of hepatitis C in people who inject drugs has fallen modestly in England, Wales and Northern Ireland and sharply in Scotland since 2016, Public Health England reports. Around one in four ... Opioid Crisis Shifts Hepatitis C Virus to Millennial Generation ContagionLive / 11 October 2019 Hepatitis C vaccine fails to prevent chronic infection Liz Highleyman / 10 October 2019 An experimental two-part vaccine was not able to prevent chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection in a mid-stage study, according to a presentation at the recent IDWeek 2019 conference in Washington, DC. Prof. Andrea ... Dramatic rise in U.S. opioid deaths as epidemic spreads to eastern states Medical Xpress / 13 March 2019 Recent incarceration increases HIV and hepatitis C risk for people who inject drugs Michael Carter / 19 November 2018 People who inject drugs (PWID) recently released from prison or jail have a substantially increased risk of acquiring infection with HIV or hepatitis C virus (HCV), according to the results of a systematic ... People who inject drugs have a high hepatitis C cure rate despite imperfect adherence Liz Highleyman / 15 November 2018 Most people who inject drugs completed treatment with sofosbuvir/velpatasvir (Epclusa) and achieved sustained virological response (SVR) in a real-world setting, even if they had interruptions in therapy, according to a presentation at the AASLD ... Hepatitis C elimination in people who inject drugs needs a health system strategy, says expert review Keith Alcorn / 24 September 2018 Achieving the elimination of hepatitis C in people who inject drugs will require a comprehensive health system-wide strategy that addresses stigma, barriers to care, financing, the involvement of people who inject drugs and ... HIV and chronic HCV co-infection prevalence in England highest among MSM Michael Carter / 20 August 2018 Men who have sex with men (MSM) make up the majority of people with chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) who have co-infection with HIV, according to data from Public Health England (PHE) published ... What’s Hepatitis C Reinfection Got to Do With It? Poz / 03 April 2018 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 ... ← First123...4Next → 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