Hepatitis C virus (HCV) has contributed to more US patient deaths than the next 60 reportable infectious diseases combined. The United States Preventive Services Task Force has issued updated ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Approximately one-third of patients do not complete the two-step testing process for hepatitis C. The CDC now ...

Hepatitis C is a tiny virus with a significant impact. It's a small RNA virus that spreads through the blood and infects the liver. Even though today's medicines can cure it, hepatitis C remains a ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Nontargeted screening was superior to targeted screening in identifying new HCV infections at three high-volume ...

Millions of people in the U.S. and around the world are living with hepatitis C virus (HCV). But over the past decade, direct-acting antivirals (DAA) have proven effective against HCV, curing more ...

Baby boomers, adults born between 1945 and 1965, are five times more likely to have been exposed to the hepatitis C virus (HCV). As a result, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the U.S ...

A person with hepatitis C can transmit the infection to a fetus during pregnancy, which may put the baby at risk for complications. If you are planning to become pregnant and have been diagnosed with ...

ST. LOUIS — This morning, there's a new effort to protect people from a disease that can truly be a silent killer: Hepatitis C. The American Liver Foundation reports as many as 75% of people who are ...

For decades, many Americans with hepatitis C have struggled to get tested or died waiting for a cure that remained inaccessibly expensive within the nation’s fractured health care system. President ...