#Massachusetts

Local health authorities say reaching out to homeless populations was key.

State officials have issued a public health alert for those experiencing homelessness, addiction and/or substance use disorders.

The World Health Organization wants to see 90 percent of the world’s population screened for hepatitis C by 2030.

The court’s unanimous decision has critical implications for efforts to combat opioid addiction and the spread of HIV and hepatitis C.

First hospital in the United States performs a liver transplant using a new high-tech machine are calling the “liver in a box.”

Massachusetts is the latest state to lift restrictions on hepatitis C virus (HCV) treatment under its Medicaid program.

Massachusetts is the latest state—in a long line of U.S. states—to lift restrictions on HCV treatment under its Medicaid program this year...

Baystate Noble Hospital in Springfield insists that the risk of infection is “low, [but] it is not zero.”

The actual number of Americans living with HCV could be 14 times higher than the published numbers.

Part of the suit claims that the state’s DOC has purposely delayed HCV evaluations for inmates to avoid being responsible for their treatment.

Another day, another story about rising hepatitis C rates, most likely related to the similarly rising rates of heroin use

The spike is probably tied to an uptick in local injection drug use.