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Hepatitis C and opioid use disorder are both chronic but treatable conditions. Yet many Americans living with this deadly combination aren’t offered treatment. Imagine going to your doctor with strep ...

People who inject drugs have historically struggled to get treatment for the virus. Here’s how one physician has helped fight the stigma. When Lynn Taylor, MD, was in medical school, she studied under ...

Millions of Americans live with chronic hepatitis and may not know it, because it can take years to become symptomatic. The most common types of the virus, hepatitis B and C, can lead to liver failure ...

(Reuters) - A trio of oral medicines from Abbott Laboratories Inc to treat hepatitis C produced unprecedented cure rates in patients who had failed to benefit from standard treatment, as well as very ...

Fewer than 1 in 3 children with hepatitis C (HCV) see a clinician for care, and fewer than 1 in 8 receive treatment. “HCV is a silent killer,” said Megan Rose Curtis, MD, MS, the lead author of the ...

The Kaiser Permanente Hawaii Viral Hepatitis Clinic reached a milestone by curing its 1,000th patient of hepatitis C. “It’s a very satisfying thing to make that call and tell someone they’re cured,” ...

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 ...

The World Health Organization (WHO) released landmark Consolidated guidance and implementation handbook on hepatitis B and C, ...

Adults successfully treated for hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection still face a substantially greater risk for death compared with the general population. Liver- and drug-related causes of death were ...

Whether hepatitis resolves depends on the type and whether a person receives treatment. Hepatitis A usually resolves without medications, and while sometimes hepatitis B and C may last only a few ...