Hepatitis C News

• IDWeekMost At-Risk Young People Are Not Tested for Hepatitis C Young people with opioid use disorder should be screened for hepatitis C, a study of more than 250,000 teens and young adults demonstrated.
  Medscape Medical News, October 2018
• New Survey Shows Physicians' Top Choices for US Hospitals 2018 Medically respected expertise and a good reputation are physicians' top two factors in choosing a hospital for themselves or a family member.
  Medscape Medical News, September 2018
• USCA 2018Needle-Exchange Program Connects Drug Users to Treatment Miami's syringe-exchange program has helped injection-drug users obtain medical help, preventing disease outbreaks and saving money.
  Medscape Medical News, September 2018
• Liver-Fibrosis Regression Seen After Hepatitis C Cure Liver fibrosis regresses in some patients with chronic hepatitis C infection who achieve a sustained virological response (SVR) to oral direct-acting antivirals (DAA), according to a retrospective study.
  Reuters Health Information, August 2018
• Hepatitis C-Infected Kidneys Safely Transplanted Into Uninfected Recipients
  Reuters Health Information, August 2018
• Direct Antiviral Therapy of Hep C May Not Boost Hepatocellular-Carcinoma Risk Treatment of hepatitis C (HCV) with direct-acting antiviral agents does not appear to increase the risk of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) in individuals with cirrhosis, researchers from France report.
  Reuters Health Information, August 2018
• Within Opioid Abuse Epidemic, Infectious Disease Epidemic Emerges There is a new epidemic of hepatitis C, HIV, and other infections within the opioid abuse epidemic, according to participants in a National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine workshop.
  Reuters Health Information, July 2018
• HCV-Positive Kidneys Cost-Effective for HCV-Positive Recipients Quality-adjusted life expectancy is greater and costs are lower when kidney transplant candidates infected with hepatitis C virus (HCV) receive HCV-positive kidneys than when they receive HCV-negative kidneys, according to a cost-effectiveness analysis.
  Reuters Health Information, July 2018
• Liver Cancer Doubled in High-Income Countries Rates of liver cancer have doubled since the 1990s in high-income countries and are largely due to infection with hepatitis B and C, as well as nonalcoholic fatty liver disease.
  Medscape Medical News, June 2018
• Sofosbuvir-Velpatasvir-Voxilaprevir Effective in Previously Treated Chronic Hep C
  Reuters Health Information, June 2018
• One-third of Patients Denied New Hepatitis C Drugs Despite an overall greater availability of direct-acting antivirals, absolute denials by insurers increased during 2016-2017 and remained high regardless of insurance type.
  Medscape Medical News, June 2018
• Extrahepatic Manifestations of Chronic Hep C Improve With Sustained Virological Response
  Reuters Health Information, May 2018
• HCV-associated Cryoglobulinemic Vasculitis Resolves After Virologic Cure
  Reuters Health Information, May 2018
• WHO Issues Its First List of Essential Diagnostic Tests The Essential Diagnostics List is a catalogue of the tests needed to diagnose the most common conditions as well as a number of global "priority" diseases.
  Medscape Medical News, May 2018
• Rates of HCV Screening Low Among Children Exposed in Pregnancy Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is on the rise among pregnant women due to the opioid epidemic, yet most perinatally infected children are flying under the radar due to insufficient screening, warn researchers from Pennsylvania in a new paper.
  Reuters Health Information, May 2018
• New Approach Identifies Infectious Causes of Chronic Meningitis
  Reuters Health Information, April 2018
• ACIP Recommends Heplisav-B Vaccine for Adults Heplisav-B, a yeast-derived hepatitis B vaccine made with a novel adjuvant, is recommended for individuals aged 18 years and older, according to the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices.
  Medscape Medical News, April 2018
• Quick Portable Test Could Widen Reach of HCV Diagnosis
  Reuters Health Information, April 2018
• ISHLT 2018Hepatitis C-infected Heart and Lung Transplants Safe Organs donated from people infected with hepatitis C can be safely transplanted, and any transmission of the virus can be treated with antiretrovirals, new research shows.
  Medscape Medical News, April 2018
• ILC 2018Hep C Treatments Save Care Costs if Administered Early The early initiation of a pan-genotypic regimen lowers the cost of future care, report health economists who say current policies that base access to treatment on disease stage might be short-sighted.
  Medscape Medical News, April 2018