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Viral hepatitis was associated with approximately 1% of deaths in the US in 2010, research published in the online edition of Clinical Infectious Diseases demonstrates. The burden of mortality associated with hepatitis B virus ...

People living with HIV who have hepatitis C virus (HCV) co-infection and advanced liver fibrosis can rapidly develop decompensated liver disease even though they do not have cirrhosis of the liver, ...

Nearly half of people with hepatitis C are not tested for the virus until they develop clinical signs and symptoms such as elevated liver enzymes or jaundice, according to a US study described ...

The UK is making progress in the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of hepatitis C virus (HCV), a new report published by Public Health England (PHE) shows. Findings of Hepatitis C in the ...

The non-invasive transient elastometry method of estimating liver damage may be a better way to predict which people co-infected with HIV and hepatitis C will progress to decompensated liver cirrhosis and death, researchers ...

A new US study provides more evidence of the disproportionate impact of viral hepatitis infections on the 'baby boom' generation. Writing in the online edition of Clinical Infectious Diseases, investigators from the ...

Anyone born between 1945 and 1965 should be tested for hepatitis C virus (HCV), according to new guidance released by the US Centers for Disease Control and Surveillance (CDC). The guidance quotes ...

Despite effective antiretroviral therapy, people co-infected with HIV and hepatitis C remain at higher risk for decompensated liver disease and other liver-related complications than those with hepatitis C alone, according to findings presented on ...

Insulin resistance is associated with the progression of liver fibrosis in people co-infected with HIV and hepatitis C, Canadian researchers report in the online edition of AIDS. Earlier research has shown that ...

Doctors in Europe and the US have conflicting opinions about the pace of liver fibrosis in HIV-positive men with hepatitis C infection. In a study published in Clinical Infectious Diseases, European investigators ...