Thousands of Patients Are at Risk of Exposure to Possible HIV, Hepatitis“More than 2400 patients are being cautioned about the potential exposure to bloodborne diseases hepatitis B and C, as well as HIV, because of a physician who did not follow infection control...
FDA Permits Marketing of First Point-of-Care Hepatitis C RNA Test“Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration granted marketing authorization to Cepheid for the Xpert HCV test and GeneXpert Xpress System, the first hepatitis C virus (HCV) test that can be used to...
Why are Patients Missing Their Initial HCV Treatment Appointments?“Results of the case-control retrospective chart review showed patients who missed their initial scheduled infectious disease clinic appointment for HCV treatment had greater rates of housing...
A Call for New Research in the Area of Hepatitis C “The Congressional Budget Office regularly provides information to the Congress about the effects on the federal budget of policies related to preventive medical care. Today the agency released a report providing...
ACLU of Colorado files lawsuit against Pueblo’s ban on needle exchange programs“PUEBLO, Colo. — The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Colorado has filed a lawsuit against the City of Pueblo, seeking to halt enforcement of the city’s ban on needle...
State-Specific Hepatitis C Virus Clearance Cascades — United States, 2013–2022“These are the first state-level estimates using CDC guidance and data from a large commercial laboratory with national coverage to generate HCV clearance cascades. These estimates reveal...
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