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For Many With Hepatitis C, Shortening Treatment Time Works

New technology and innovative approaches may speed diagnosis of this liver virus.

This is according to the largest-ever analysis of the treatment cascade among people tested for hepatitis C.

Thus far, no state prison systems have adopted the protocols that advocates are demanding.

A new study examines the clinical and economic impact of new direct-acting antivirals.

Researchers modeled the differences between testing focused on baby boomers versus universal screening.

Why does the world’s most common liver virus affect humans more than our most recent genetic ancestors?

He said it would enable drug use, but Jeff Sessions also influenced the veto.

Researchers analyzed data on more than a quarter of a million teens and young adults attending federally qualified health centers.

Baby boomers still make up the largest bloc of those with the virus, but youths’ injection drug use is sending their infection rates upward.

In the first five months of 2018, 803 HCV-positive organs were transplanted across the United States.

How does drinking affect people living with hepatitis C?

The state’s cases are up 43 percent since 2006.

The ambitious plan will allocate an initial $5 million to help ramp up treatment, remove barriers to care and increase harm reduction.

Research suggests that individuals receiving opioid replacement therapy have a better chance of beating hep C through this method.

Medi-Cal will soon begin providing treatment access to almost all state-insured patients living with the virus.

Liver cancer rates and deaths have doubled in the United States, Canada, Australia and United Kingdom.