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For Many With Hepatitis C, Shortening Treatment Time Works

In fact, antiviral drugs account for nearly 14 percent of total drug costs in the program.

But the health secretary does not support safe injection sites.

Clinical trials often exclude key patient populations, including children and people living with HIV or hepatitis B or C.

Interestingly, the drugs themselves, not just the act of curing the virus, were tied to a lower diabetes risk in a recent large study.

All women who completed follow-up in a small trial were cured, and none of their infants contracted the virus.

Why the recent surge in hep C infection rates?

The patient advocacy coalition I Am Essential sent a letter to the HHS spelling out why the plan is dangerous.

Check out books on a group of viruses that affect the liver.

Scientists have firmly established an association between direct-acting antiviral treatment and a lower risk of liver cancer and death.

Nearly 3,800 patients at the New Jersey surgery center may have been exposed, though the risk of infection is low.

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.