All the news Showing 10 of 46 articles.Get an RSS feed of these articles Show All news infohep newsEditors' picks from other sources United States faces biggest burden of hepatitis C treatment costs before 2020 Keith Alcorn / 11 December 2015 The cost of treating hepatitis C (HCV) is likely to decline dramatically over the next decade in the United States, not because of cuts in drug prices but because the population in ... Many hepatitis C patients with cirrhosis or advanced fibrosis face liver failure and liver cancer Liz Highleyman / 07 January 2015 Nearly one-third of chronic hepatitis C patients with liver cirrhosis and 12% with advanced fibrosis progressed to decompensation within five years, and 23% and 11%, respectively, died, according to a study presented ... Testing HCV positive has a sustained impact on drug injecting behaviour Michael Carter / 08 January 2014 Diagnosis with hepatitis C virus (HCV) is associated with a sustained reduction in injecting drug use, according to Canadian research published in the online edition of Clinical Infectious Diseases. Each additional three months ... Need for expansion of hepatitis C screening among veterans, 'baby-boom' generation and pregnant women highlighted Keith Alcorn / 04 November 2013 Two large studies of the 'baby-boom' generation in the United States suggest that at least 50,000 US military veterans have undiagnosed hepatitis C, and that around 80% of people with hepatitis C ... 1% of US deaths related to viral hepatitis Michael Carter / 30 September 2013 Viral hepatitis was associated with approximately 1% of deaths in the US in 2010, research published in the online edition of Clinical Infectious Diseases demonstrates. The burden of mortality associated with hepatitis B virus ... 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 ... Number of patients diagnosed with HCV in England increased by a third between 2010 and 2012 Michael Carter / 25 July 2013 The UK is making progress in the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of hepatitis C virus (HCV), a new report published by Public Health England (PHE) shows. Findings of Hepatitis C in the ... WHO hepatitis report: almost two-thirds of countries lack a national strategy on viral hepatitis Keith Alcorn / 24 July 2013 A survey of World Health Organization member countries released ahead of World Hepatitis Day on 28 July shows that nearly two-thirds still have no national plan to combat hepatitis, despite a 2010 ... New cohort shows the impact of hepatitis B and hepatitis C on the 'baby boom' generation Michael Carter / 11 November 2012 A new US study provides more evidence of the disproportionate impact of viral hepatitis infections on the 'baby boom' generation. Writing in the online edition of Clinical Infectious Diseases, investigators from the ... 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 ... ← Prev12345Next → 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