#hepatitis C testing

Nearly 3,800 patients at the New Jersey surgery center may have been exposed, though the risk of infection is low.

Health care facilities serving people who use drugs are well-positioned to initiate hepatitis C testing. But ’they don’t.

Doctors are finding ways to diagnose and treat this difficult-to-reach demographic.

This birth cohort accounts for the majority of people living with the virus.

Researchers analyzed data resulting from a uniform hepatitis C testing policy in Washington state’s correctional facilities.

Thus far, no state prison systems have adopted the protocols that advocates are demanding.

Researchers modeled the differences between testing focused on baby boomers versus universal screening.

The tool kit walks health departments through the process of coordinating care step-by-step.

This birth cohort accounts for the majority of people living with the virus.

Not all hepatitis C infections become chronic; here is information about the differences.

Researchers analyzed data on more than a quarter of a million teens and young adults attending federally qualified health centers.

The current trend in hepatitis C shows that it’s on a clear path of destruction of human life.

May is Hepatitis Awareness Month and May 19th is Hepatitis Testing Day in the United States.

Half of those who tested positive through a testing program at a Boston hospital did not fit typical screening demographics.

An estimated more than three quarters of those living with HCV in the United States are baby boomers.

Millions of Americans are living with chronic viral hepatitis, and most of them do not know they have it.