#hepatitis C testing

Hepatitis C prevalence was higher among people with unstable housing and those who injected drugs every day.

Modern antivirals can cure 95% of people with HCV, lowering the risk of cirrhosis, liver cancer and liver failure.

A Washington emergency room nurse was charged this month five years after being accused of passing on hepatitis C to 12 patients.

Older people, men and people living in poverty and lacking private insurance were more likely to have active HCV infection.

The CDC estimates that 21% of people living with HIV also have hepatitis C virus.

Hepatitis A and B declined in 2021, but new hepatitis C cases have doubled since 2014.

Study authors suggest obstetricians routinely screen all pregnant women for hepatitis C.

Researchers are working on a cure for hepatitis B and a vaccine and long-acting antivirals for hepatitis C.

About 40% of people worldwide are not aware that viral hepatitis is a leading cause of liver cancer.

Viral hepatitis could kill more people than malaria, tuberculosis and HIV combined if trends continue.

Testing a single blood sample for HCV antibodies and HCV RNA can identify more people who need treatment.

The proposal improves on current Medicare coverage, which allows cost-sharing fees and mostly excludes long-acting PrEP.

A “jarringly low” proportion of people with HCV have been tested, treated and cured.

Almost everyone who completed treatment was cured, but about 40% of those diagnosed with HCV never started antiviral therapy.

May is Hepatitis Awareness Month. Get tested and learned your status.

The program aims to expand testing, reduce drug costs and raise awareness of hepatitis C.