All the news Showing 10 of 878 articlesGet an RSS feed of these articles Show All news infohep newsEditors' picks from other sources Needlestick injuries and occupational exposure High prevalence of viral hepatitis among healthcare workers in Africa Keith Alcorn / 21 June 2021 Almost 7% of healthcare workers in Africa have hepatitis B and 5% have hepatitis C, according to a systematic review of published studies. Greater efforts to vaccinate against hepatitis B and improve ... Liver transplants Liver transplant outcomes improve in people with HIV and hepatitis C Keith Alcorn / 21 June 2021 Survival after a liver transplant has improved significantly in people with HIV and hepatitis C co-infection since the introduction of direct-acting antiviral treatment for hepatitis C, US researchers report in the journal Transplantation ... Sexual transmission What happens after curing hepatitis C? Avoiding, minimising or accepting the risks of re-infection Krishen Samuel / 14 June 2021 Swiss men living with HIV approach the risk of re-infection with hepatitis C after cure in different ways, based on recent qualitative research by Dr Patrizia Künzler-Heule and colleagues from the Universities of ... Treatment for people living with HIV and HCV HIV treatment choice affects improvement in liver after hepatitis C cure Keith Alcorn / 08 June 2021 People with HIV who were cured of hepatitis C experienced greater reductions in liver stiffness if they were taking an antiretroviral regimen that contained a non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor (NNRTI), Spanish researchers report ... Hepatitis C elimination WHO says 2030 hepatitis elimination targets will not be met without massive scale-up of testing and treatment Keith Alcorn / 21 May 2021 Global targets for reducing deaths from viral hepatitis will not be met without massively accelerating universal access to testing and treatment, the World Health Organization said yesterday in a review of progress towards ... Screening and testing policy COVID-19 reduced US hepatitis C testing, diagnosis and treatment Keith Alcorn / 21 May 2021 The COVID-19 pandemic severely reduced hepatitis C testing, diagnosis and treatment in the United States during 2020, a study by Quest Diagnostics and the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) ... Treatment in cirrhosis Liver function improves in most people with cirrhosis after hepatitis C cure Keith Alcorn / 18 May 2021 Most people with hepatitis C and liver cirrhosis experience improvement in liver function after direct-acting antiviral treatment, but a small minority – mainly those with a history of liver decompensation – may ... Treatment for people who use drugs Australia: recent drug users more likely to start hepatitis C treatment Keith Alcorn / 10 May 2021 Australia’s model of universal access to direct-acting antiviral treatment for hepatitis C has been especially successful in treating recent drug users, the group most critical to reach for the elimination of the virus, ... Screening and testing policy Hepatitis C testing in gay and bisexual men with HIV below target, US study finds Keith Alcorn / 27 April 2021 Testing for hepatitis C among gay and bisexual men with HIV who are at higher risk of acquiring hepatitis C is falling short of recommendations, a study of a large US cohort ... Hepatitis C elimination Community-wide hepatitis C elimination campaign in Seattle increases number treated tenfold Keith Alcorn / 20 April 2021 A community-wide hepatitis C elimination campaign in Seattle, United States, tripled the number of people screened for hepatitis C and increased the number treated tenfold between 2014 and 2018, doctors and public health ... ← Prev12345...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