All the news Showing 10 of 668 articlesGet an RSS feed of these articles Show All news infohep newsEditors' picks from other sources Injecting drug use Majority of US young adults who use drugs are not tested for hepatitis C or HIV Liz Highleyman / 16 October 2018 Only about a third of adolescents and young adults diagnosed with opioid use disorder in the United States are screened for hepatitis C virus (HCV) or HIV, even though injection drug use is ... Prisoners What are the barriers to hepatitis C treatment in prisons? Keith Alcorn / 15 October 2018 Lack of privacy, lack of peer support and lack of harm reduction are perceived as the biggest barriers to improving the uptake of direct-acting antiviral treatment for hepatitis C among prisoners, a qualitative ... Hepatitis C elimination Hepatitis C elimination in people living with HIV in the UK is feasible by 2021, British HIV Association says Keith Alcorn / 10 October 2018 Hepatitis C co-infection can be eliminated in people living with HIV in the United Kingdom by 2021, the British HIV Association (BHIVA) said today. “The UK can be the first country to achieve ... Cirrhosis What support do people with liver cirrhosis and their families need? Keith Alcorn / 09 October 2018 People with liver cirrhosis and their families need more information about their condition and prognosis and greater access to palliative care, a systematic review of studies on the needs of people with cirrhosis ... Harm reduction interventions and policy Low dead-space syringes associated with lower hepatitis C prevalence in people who inject drugs Keith Alcorn / 01 October 2018 Exclusive use of low dead-space syringes is associated with a lower prevalence of hepatitis C virus (HCV) in people who inject drugs, especially in people who began injecting drugs recently, a study ... Treatment for people who use drugs Meta-analysis shows hepatitis C treatment is highly effective for drug users Keith Alcorn / 24 September 2018 Direct-acting antiviral treatment is highly effective at curing hepatitis C in people who inject drugs and in people receiving opioid substitution therapy (OST), a systematic review and meta-analysis of 38 studies published ... Injecting drug use Hepatitis C elimination in people who inject drugs needs a health system strategy, says expert review Keith Alcorn / 24 September 2018 Achieving the elimination of hepatitis C in people who inject drugs will require a comprehensive health system-wide strategy that addresses stigma, barriers to care, financing, the involvement of people who inject drugs and ... Screening policy All pregnant women in the United States should be screened for hepatitis C, say specialists Keith Alcorn / 20 September 2018 Hepatitis C specialists from several of the largest medical schools in the United States say that changes in the epidemiology of hepatitis C over the past decade make it essential to switch ... Screening and testing policy Little progress towards 'test all baby boomers for hepatitis C' since 2013, US study shows Keith Alcorn / 17 September 2018 The proportion of baby boomers who have been tested for hepatitis C in the United States since 2013 has increased only marginally despite a US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) ... Life after the cure Psychological relief is the most important benefit of a hepatitis C cure for patients Roger Pebody / 13 September 2018 When asked to describe what their hepatitis C cure meant to them, Australians who had recently completed treatment emphasised an improved sense of psychological wellbeing, according to a qualitative study recently published in ... ← First12345...67Next → Other pages in this section Latest news All the news Hepatitis A Hepatitis B Hepatitis C Hepatitis D Hepatitis E NAFLD Transmission, epidemiology and prevention Health services, policy and advocacy Social issues Conference news Noticeboard Email bulletins News feeds