Hepatitis C News

• Merck Loses Bid to Revive $200 Mln Gilead Verdict at U.S. High Court The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday handed a defeat to Merck & Co by refusing to hear its appeal of a ruling that it had dishonestly obtained patent rights and could not collect a $200 million verdict against rival drugmaker Gilead Sciences Inc in a dispute involving blockbuster hepatitis C drugs.
  Reuters Health Information, January 2019
• Hep C Infection May Be on the Rise Among Men Using PrEP The incidence of sexually acquired hepatitis C virus (HCV) infections appears to be rising among men who have sex with men (MSM) and use pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) against HIV, U.S. researchers report.
  Reuters Health Information, December 2018
• Hepatitis C Treatment Linked to Reduced CVD Risk Treating hepatitis C virus (HCV) is associated with a significantly reduced risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD) events, according to a new study.
  Reuters Health Information, December 2018
• Prevalence Of HCV Infection Varies Widely Across U.S. The prevalence of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection varies five-fold across the U.S., with more than 2 million people currently infected, researchers report.
  Reuters Health Information, December 2018
• ‘Alarming’: Projected Burden of Liver Cancer in the US The incidence of hepatocellular carcinoma in the US has been rapidly rising, but experts are cautiously optimistic that the trend can be reversed.
  Medscape Medical News, December 2018
• Hep C and Drug Abuse Often Go Hand in Hand, but Screening Lags Recent studies have shown that health care facilities often fail to screen people who use drugs. Not testing these patients for hepatitis C is an enormous missed opportunity, public health experts agree.
  Kaiser Health News, December 2018
• Study Finds Chronic Fatigue Clues in Overactive Immune Response Scientists exploring what may trigger chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) have found clues in the way some people's immune systems respond to interferon alpha.
  Reuters Health Information, December 2018
• Millions Flock to Free Tests as Egypt Seeks to Eradicate Hepatitis C When Houaida Mabrouk heard about a government campaign that offers free hepatitis C screenings, she hesitated, afraid of testing positive. But after many from her community started visiting health clinics to get checked, she changed her mind.
  Reuters Health Information, December 2018
• Infective Endocarditis: A New Consequence of the Opioid Epidemic A 'staggering increase' in the occurrence of drug use-associated infective endocarditis is reported in a new study.
  Medscape Medical News, December 2018
• Walmart, Home Depot Adopt Health Insurer Tactic in Drug Copay Battle Walmart and Home Depot, two of the top 10 U.S. employers, have embraced a health insurance strategy that punishes drugmakers for using discount cards to keep patients from switching or stopping their medications.
  Reuters Health Information, November 2018
• AASLD 2018Hepatitis C-Infected Organs Deemed Safe for Transplant With direct-acting antivirals, organs from donors infected with hepatitis C can be transplanted safely into uninfected recipients, shortening the time patients spend on wait lists, researchers say.
  Medscape Medical News, November 2018
• AASLD 2018Hep C Therapy Can Be Shortened to 8 Weeks, Despite Cirrhosis In treatment-naïve patients with compensated cirrhosis, the duration of hepatitis C medication can be shortened in most cases, results from the EXPEDITION-8 trial show.
  Medscape Medical News, November 2018
• Alcohol a Major Contributor to Global Disease Burden Substance use disorders contribute to disability in individuals and societies. This study shows they also have a devastating impact on the overall global disease burden.
  Medscape Medical News, November 2018
• AASLD 2018Hepatitis C Medications Effective in People Who Inject Drugs People who inject drugs can take medication consistently enough to be cured of hepatitis C, new research shows.
  Medscape Medical News, November 2018
• ANAC 2018Health Record Prompts Can Improve Hepatitis Diagnosis Despite guidelines, one in five people with HIV have not been tested for hepatitis C and one in three have not been vaccinated for hepatitis B. Can electronic health record reminders change this?
  Medscape Medical News, November 2018
• AASLD 2018Fatty Liver Disease in the Spotlight at The Liver Meeting Current and future treatments for fatty liver disease, particularly nonalcoholic steatohepatitis, the most prevalent liver disease in the United States, will be explored at The Liver Meeting.
  Medscape Medical News, November 2018
• Higher-Risk Donor Hearts May Offer Better Survival Than Waiting A retrospective analysis shows that extra time on the wait list is not worth waiting for a lower-risk heart.
  Medscape Medical News, November 2018
• HCV Core Antigen Cost-Saving Alternative for Diagnosing Hepatitis C
  Reuters Health Information, October 2018
• 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