Latest treatment news and information for patient advocates and people working in hepatitis in Europe. Find out more about infohep > infohep is produced by NAM. Find out more about NAM www.infohep.org/page//about-us/Find-out-about-NAM/page/2626330// News from the International Liver Congress 2022Re-treatment of hepatitis C is highly effective after the first combination fails. Liver transplantsShort-course treatment prevents hepatitis C after organ transplant. FactsheetsRead our updated hepatitis C treatment factsheets on infohep. SatyaPrem/PixabayLife after the curePeople with diabetes or heavy alcohol consumption at higher risk of severe fibrosis after hepatitis C cure. Hepatitis bulletinSign up for our monthly hepatitis bulletin. New to hepatitis?Read our introductory information on viral hepatitis > infohep news New Re-treatment of hepatitis C is highly effective after the first combination fails Keith Alcorn / 14 hours ago Two combinations proved highly effective in curing hepatitis C in people who had experienced the failure of a previous combination containing an NS5A inhibitor, studies in Europe and New Zealand show. The findings, ... New Short-course treatment prevents hepatitis C after organ transplant Keith Alcorn / 16 hours ago A seven-day course of direct-acting antiviral treatment started hours before an organ transplant prevented hepatitis C infection in everyone who received a transplant from a donor with hepatitis C, researchers from the Mayo ... New People cured of hepatitis C remain at higher risk of death due to liver- and drug-related causes Keith Alcorn / 17 hours ago People who have been cured of hepatitis C remain at higher risk of dying from liver-related causes than the general population, but their risk of cardiovascular events goes down after being cured, ... Promoting hepatitis testing Self-sampling for hepatitis C improves diagnosis rate in the Netherlands Keith Alcorn / 01 June 2022 Online risk assessment for hepatitis C and home-based sampling for HCV-RNA testing proved acceptable, easy to use and resulted in a high rate of diagnosis of chronic hepatitis C infections among gay ... Severe acute hepatitis in children: uncertainty persists over causes and novelty Keith Alcorn / 24 May 2022 The possible causes of cases of severe acute hepatitis in children continue to puzzle scientists and further work is needed to establish whether all countries are seeing unusual levels of severe liver ... View all infohep news Editors' picks from other sources New WHO publishes updated guidance on hepatitis C infection – with new recommendations on treatment of adolescents and children, simplified service delivery and diagnostics World Health Organization / 12 hours ago New Acute hepatitis outbreak swells to nearly 900 cases; global data shows ‘mixed picture’ Healio / 15 hours ago GPs could initiate treatment for chronic hepatitis C, say researchers Pulse / 03 June 2022 U.S. reports 180 cases of unexplained hepatitis in children, as researchers investigate potential causes STAT / 23 May 2022 CDC investigating 109 unusual hepatitis cases in kids in outbreak STAT / 09 May 2022 Ensuring high-quality viral hepatitis care for refugees from Ukraine EASL / 04 May 2022 Hepatitis cases detected in children in Europe and the US BBC / 20 April 2022 Acute hepatitis of unknown aetiology – the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland World Health Organization / 20 April 2022 1.2 million initiated DAA treatment for HCV between 2014 and 2020 Healio / 13 April 2022 Hepatitis C widespread but rarely treated in postpartum Medicaid beneficiaries with opioid use disorder University of Pittsburgh / 13 April 2022 View all news from other sources Latest library resources Safer heroin injecting TypeWeb page Published2013 AuthorJon Derricott A systematic review of hepatitis C virus epidemiology in Europe, Canada and Israel [2012] TypeWeb page CountryRussian Federation, Turkey, Western and Central Europe Published2013 AuthorLiver International Management of Adult Patients with Ascites Due to Cirrhosis: Update 2012 TypeWeb page CountryUnited States PublishedApril 2013 AuthorAmerican Association for the Study of Liver Diseases View all resources Looking for country specific news and resources?Visit our country information pages > Keep up to date with the latest hepatitis newsSign up for our free monthly email bulletin >