As the opioid epidemic has worsened in the United States, prevalence of hepatitis C has also increased. Hepatitis C is a bloodborne virus that damages the liver. It is mainly spread through sharing ...

Yet only small percentages of patients with new diagnoses sought follow-up care, started or completed treatment, or attained ...

Nontargeted screening for hepatitis C virus infection identified more new diagnoses than targeted screening among nearly ...

Small proportion of those newly diagnosed were linked to follow-up care and attained sustained virologic response at 12 weeks.

A study led by Megan Curtis, MD, an assistant professor in the Division of Infectious Diseases at WashU Medicine (right), and ...

Artenie and colleagues presented the first global, regional and national estimates of hepatitis C virus incidence among ...

Discover a study that compares two key hepatitis C treatments, confirming their effectiveness and revealing cost-saving ...

We found a high but decreasing incidence rate of hepatitis C in Georgia among people tested more than once. The country should scale up preventive interventions to reduce incidence further and reach ...