infohep news

• 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 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 ...