All the news Showing 10 of 875 articlesGet an RSS feed of these articles Show All news infohep newsEditors' picks from other sources Treatment for people living with HIV and HCV 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 ... Hepatitis C elimination WHO says 2030 hepatitis elimination targets will not be met without massive scale-up of testing and treatment Keith Alcorn / 21 May 2021 Global targets for reducing deaths from viral hepatitis will not be met without massively accelerating universal access to testing and treatment, the World Health Organization said yesterday in a review of progress towards ... Screening and testing policy COVID-19 reduced US hepatitis C testing, diagnosis and treatment Keith Alcorn / 21 May 2021 The COVID-19 pandemic severely reduced hepatitis C testing, diagnosis and treatment in the United States during 2020, a study by Quest Diagnostics and the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) ... Treatment in cirrhosis 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 ... Treatment for people who use drugs 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, ... Screening and testing policy 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 ... Hepatitis C elimination Community-wide hepatitis C elimination campaign in Seattle increases number treated tenfold Keith Alcorn / 20 April 2021 A community-wide hepatitis C elimination campaign in Seattle, United States, tripled the number of people screened for hepatitis C and increased the number treated tenfold between 2014 and 2018, doctors and public health ... Treatment for people who use drugs 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 ... Sexual transmission Reinfection after hepatitis C cure predicted by sexually transmitted infections Keith Alcorn / 07 April 2021 Screening for sexually transmitted infections in people co-infected with HIV and hepatitis C during or shortly after completing direct-acting antiviral treatment to cure hepatitis C may predict which patients are at higher risk ... Testing for hepatitis C 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 ... ← Prev12345...88Next → 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 Noticeboard Email bulletins News feeds