People living with chronic hepatitis C have a higher risk of developing severe COVID-19 symptoms than individuals without the condition. Those who do develop severe illness may also have a higher risk ...

Hepatitis C is an infection of the liver caused by the hepatitis C virus (HCV). Experts estimate that about 2.4 million people in the United States are living with hepatitis C—but that figure could be ...

Hepatitis C is a tiny virus with a significant impact. It's a small RNA virus that spreads through the blood and infects the liver. Even though today's medicines can cure it, hepatitis C remains a ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Approximately one-third of patients do not complete the two-step testing process for hepatitis C. The CDC now ...

The World Health Organization currently estimates the global burden of Hepatitis C to be between 130 and 170 million people. Ideally, this figure, as well as stratifications by location, age, and ...

This article estimates the comprehensive value of direct-acting antivirals for the treatment of hepatitis C virus using a generalized cost-effectiveness analysis. Objectives: To estimate the ...

In a recent article published in eClinicalMedicine, researchers estimate the seroprevalence of hepatitis C virus (HCV) in pregnant women globally and in World Health Organization (WHO)-specific ...

When managing patients with hepatitis C virus (HCV), initiating treatment of the infection promptly is more important than determining the severity of their liver disease with the customary staging ...

For decades, many Americans with hepatitis C have struggled to get tested or died waiting for a cure that remained inaccessibly expensive within the nation’s fractured health care system. President ...