‘Doctors told me I’d die before I left school’“”If you’re lucky, you have about two years. But you probably won’t live long enough to leave school.” Those were the words Mark Ward says he will never forget hearing from a...
Deaths From Viral Hepatitis Are on the Rise“Viral hepatitis is now the second leading infectious cause of death globally after tuberculosis, the World Health Organization’s report reveals. Viral hepatitis testing and treatment coverage rates have stalled despite...
Hepatitis C cases dropped in the US. Health officials unsure if it’s a blip or trend“NEW YORK — New U.S. hepatitis C infections dropped slightly in 2022, a surprising improvement after more than a decade of steady increases, federal health officials said...
B.C. government makes hepatitis C treatment available to all residents “The B.C. government will now allow anyone living with chronic hepatitis C to access treatment, even in its early stages. “What we hope, of course, is from a health cost perspective that it...
And Then There Was One: HCV Elimination in the Coinfected Population“The treatment of the hepatitis C virus (HCV) has evolved considerably in the past 15 years. Second-generation direct-acting antivirals entered the market in late 2014. Today we have well-tolerated,...
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