#universal testing

Compared with current practices, routine screening could prevent 23,000 deaths from liver disease.

But experts suggest that a move toward universal hepatitis B screening and vaccination may be in order.

The tribe has screened almost half of its population and has cured about one quarter of those diagnosed with the virus.

Testing all U.S. baby boomers for hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection would help identify more than 800,000 people living with the virus.

Universal testing for hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection, as opposed to testing based on known risk factors, is the way to go, according to a s...