All the news Showing 10 of 156 articles from: United StatesGet an RSS feed of these articles Show All news infohep newsEditors' picks from other sources Hepatitis C elimination 12 good practices that should be part of the hepatitis C standard of care Keith Alcorn / 25 March 2021 Hepatitis C programmes and health services should review whether they are using best practices in diagnosis, treatment and care of people with hepatitis C, and update service models to improve hepatitis C elimination ... Coronavirus Hepatitis C does not raise the risk of death from COVID-19 Keith Alcorn / 19 February 2021 People with hepatitis C were more likely to be admitted to hospital as a result of SARS-CoV-2 infection but no more likely to die when compared to people without hepatitis C of ... Adherence to treatment High adherence and hepatitis C cure rates in active drug and alcohol users Keith Alcorn / 04 February 2021 People who use drugs achieved high rates of hepatitis C cure on direct-acting antiviral treatment despite ongoing drug and alcohol use, demonstrating that active drug use should not be a barrier to ... Coronavirus Will people with liver disease be prioritised for COVID-19 vaccination? Keith Alcorn / 19 January 2021 People with decompensated cirrhosis should be prioritised for COVID-19 vaccination and immunosuppressive treatment after a liver transplant should not be a barrier to vaccination, an international panel of liver experts has concluded. Their review ... Prisoners High hepatitis C cure rate achieved in New York prisons Keith Alcorn / 09 December 2020 Hepatitis C treatment in prisons can result in a high cure rate but people released from prison during treatment are less likely to be cured due to challenges in medication supply, continuity ... Monitoring response to treatment Minimal monitoring of hepatitis C treatment is safe and effective Keith Alcorn / 17 November 2020 Hepatitis C treatment with no monitoring visits during treatment is safe and leads to a high cure rate, an international study reported on Monday at the online AASLD Liver Meeting. The study was ... Coronavirus Which people with chronic liver disease have higher COVID-19 risks? Keith Alcorn / 16 November 2020 Decompensated cirrhosis, alcoholic liver disease and hepatocellular carcinoma each raise the risk of death and severe illness from COVID-19 among people with chronic liver disease, but other liver conditions do not, a US ... NAFLD Fatty liver disease common in people living with HIV and hepatitis B Keith Alcorn / 30 September 2020 Around one in three people with HIV and hepatitis B had fatty liver disease and one in ten had liver damage, US researchers from the Hepatitis B Research Network report in Clinical ... Hepatitis C elimination Only one in four high-income countries on track for hepatitis C elimination by 2030 Keith Alcorn / 28 August 2020 Only one in four high-income countries is on track to eliminate hepatitis C by 2030 and nearly two-thirds will miss the targets by more than 20 years at current rates of progress, ... Sex between men Condomless sex sufficient to pass on hepatitis C between men Keith Alcorn / 24 August 2020 Hepatitis C transmission during anal sex can take place without bleeding, trauma or sharing of injecting equipment and exposure to semen is likely to be enough for the virus to ... ← Prev12345...16Next → 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