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Their new campaign focuses on the importance of HCV testing for baby boomers and the increasing availability of treatment.

More newly diagnosed cancer patients should get tested, says a new study.

Analysts predict hepatitis testing could be worth nearly $6.9 billion by 2025.

At one hospital in Pittsburgh, the rate of pregnant women with hepatitis C seen for delivery rose 60 percent in eight years.

The Centers for Disease Control and Protection (CDC) recommends hepatitis B and C testing for everyone with HIV.

Primary care physicians and ob-gyns are the top clinicians ordering such tests.

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

A look at the World Health Organization’s Progress Report On Access to Hepatitis C Treatment

The plan aims to increase treatment access and expand outreach programs to those most at risk of infection.

High rates of undiagnosed hepatitis C pose a major impediment to combating the virus worldwide.

Wisconsin and other states have seen a near doubling of women who test positive for hepatitis C during pregnancy.

But hepatitis C cases are on the decline.

Making a difference in California, one person at a time.

Eliminating HCV and HBV as public health threats in the United States is possible by 2030.

Hepatitis B and C kill an estimated 1.4 million people worldwide every year, yet less than 5 percent of people are aware of their status.

The move to begin testing for this common co-infection is part of the organization’s goal to end AIDS as an epidemic in New York by 2020.