All the news Showing 6 of 156 articles from: United StatesGet an RSS feed of these articles Show All news infohep newsEditors' picks from other sources Testing for hepatitis C Some rapid hepatitis C tests have high false-negative rate in people with HIV Michael Carter / 22 August 2011 Approximately 9% of hepatitis C infections in HIV-positive individuals are missed by some rapid hepatitis C testing assays, US investigators report in the September 15th edition of the Journal of Infectious Diseases. Three ... Treatment issues With special training, effective and safe hepatitis C therapy can be provided in primary care Michael Carter / 23 June 2011 Specially trained primary care providers can offer effective and safe treatment for hepatitis C infection, US investigators report in the New England Journal of Medicine. Rates of sustained virological response were the ... Treatment issues Coffee drinking improves hepatitis C treatment response rate in mono-infected patients Michael Carter / 22 June 2011 Coffee drinking is associated with improved responses to hepatitis C therapy, US investigators report in Gastroenterology. After adjustment for other factors, drinking three or more cups of coffee per day increased the chances of ... Hepatitis A HIV-positive patients have good long-term responses to hepatitis A vaccination Michael Carter / 03 June 2011 HIV-positive patients have a good response to vaccination against hepatitis A virus, US investigators report in the June 15th edition of the Journal of Infectious Diseases. Overall, 85% of patients who had an ... Therapies US approval for hepatitis C drug telaprevir Keith Alcorn / 23 May 2011 The US Food and Drug Administration has approved a new hepatitis C drug telaprevir (Incivek), the agency announced today. Telaprevir is a direct-acting antiviral drug (an HCV protease inhibitor), licensed for use in combination ... Sex and drug use driving HCV epidemic among HIV-positive gay men in Australia; other study shows small epidemic in US Michael Carter / 02 February 2011 The hepatitis C epidemic in HIV-positive gay men is being driven by both sexual transmission and injecting drug use, Australian research published in the online edition of Clinical Infectious Diseases suggests. Sexual risk ... ← Prev1...1213141516Next → Other pages in this section Latest news All the news Hepatitis A Hepatitis B Hepatitis C Hepatitis D Hepatitis E Coronavirus NAFLD Treatment for hepatocellular carcinoma Transmission, epidemiology and prevention Health services, policy and advocacy Social issues Conference news Email bulletin archive