All the news Showing 10 of 878 articlesGet an RSS feed of these articles Show All news infohep newsEditors' picks from other sources Treatment for people who use drugs Rapid hepatitis C treatment leads to high cure rate in young people who inject drugs Keith Alcorn / 12 October 2021 A simplified, same-day treatment model led to a higher cure rate compared with usual care for young people who inject drugs, according to research presented last week at the virtual IDWeek meeting. ... NAFLD People with HIV taking newer antiretrovirals at higher risk of fatty liver disease Keith Alcorn / 08 October 2021 People with HIV were more likely to develop fatty liver disease if they took antiretroviral treatment that contains an integrase inhibitor or tenofovir alafenamide (TAF), a German research group has found. Non-alcoholic ... Screening and testing policy People with diabetes or high alcohol consumption at higher risk of late hepatitis C diagnosis Keith Alcorn / 24 September 2021 People with diabetes and those with hazardous alcohol intake were significantly more likely to remain undiagnosed with hepatitis C and present with advanced fibrosis, a large number of people diagnosed with hepatitis ... Screening and testing policy Testing COVID-19 patients for viral hepatitis does not detect numerous undiagnosed cases Keith Alcorn / 19 September 2021 Screening people admitted to hospital with COVID-19 for hepatitis C or hepatitis B does not lead to detection of a large number of undiagnosed infections and is likely to be of limited ... Adherence to treatment Ultra-short course treatment for hepatitis C: high failure rate but does not compromise second-line treatment Keith Alcorn / 13 September 2021 Ultra-short treatment courses tailored to a person's pre-treatment viral load deliver lower cure rates than 8-week treatment courses, but failure of ultra-short treatment does not prevent subsequent cure of hepatitis ... Prisoners Short stay in prison increases the risk of hepatitis C for people who use drugs Keith Alcorn / 03 September 2021 People who use drugs were over 50% more likely to acquire hepatitis C between 2004 and 2019 if they spent even a brief period in prison, a prospective study carried out in ... Treatment outcomes Japanese study shows benefits of treating hepatitis C early Keith Alcorn / 24 August 2021 Curing hepatitis C in people with mild fibrosis by the age of 50 reduces their risk of death to the same level as the rest of the population, Japanese researchers report in ... Coronavirus US CDC recommends third dose of Moderna or Pfizer COVID-19 vaccines for organ transplant recipients Keith Alcorn / 16 August 2021 People who have undergone a solid organ transplant and who received the Pfizer or Moderna COVID-19 vaccines should receive a third dose, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommended ... Treatment for people who use drugs High hepatitis C cure rate in Thai study of community-based treatment Keith Alcorn / 09 August 2021 Community-based testing and treatment for HIV and hepatitis C achieved high hepatitis C cure rates in Thailand, results from the Thai C-FREE study show. Tanyapom Wansom presented results from the C-FREE cohort study of ... Hepatitis C elimination Hepatitis C virtually eliminated in people with HIV in the Netherlands Keith Alcorn / 23 July 2021 Hepatitis C has been almost eliminated as a health problem for people living with HIV in the Netherlands due to direct-acting antiviral treatment, researchers reported this week at the 11th ... ← First12345...88Next → 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 Noticeboard Email bulletins News feeds