Researchers at the University of Washington have developed a rapid test that quickly detects hepatitis C, but insurance ...

MAVIRET is the first and only oral eight-week pan-genotypic treatment option approved for people with acute or chronic ...

A Wigan and Leigh drug and alcohol charity has been able to announce the micro-elimination of hepatitis C ahead of the NHS ...

A new rapid test for hepatitis C could help identify many more patients who could be cured of the deadly disease, but its use ...

Hepatitis C, an inflammation of the liver caused by the hepatitis C virus (HCV), often goes undiagnosed until serious liver problems develop decades after contracting the virus. This is because the ...

A person with hepatitis C can transmit the infection to a fetus during pregnancy, which may put the baby at risk for complications. If you are planning to become pregnant and have been diagnosed with ...

New medications called direct-acting antivirals (DAAs) have transformed the treatment of hepatitis C. Twelve weeks on one of these drugs cures the infection in 95 percent or more of people who take it ...

Hepatitis C is a liver infection caused by the hepatitis C virus. It can be mild or serious. It can last just a few weeks or for a lifetime. Hepatitis C can cause both acute and chronic infections.

When you have hepatitis C, worries about diabetes might not be the first things that jump to mind. But the two conditions are tied much more closely than you may think. For starters, hepatitis C makes ...

Australia's goal of removing hepatitis C from the population is under threat. It is estimated 70,000 Australians have the virus but many of them do not know it. Hepatitis C crept up slowly on Dennis ...

Federal health officials upended the immunization schedule for American children this week. These are the diseases affected.