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July 3rd 2024
Emergency department admissions were linked to not receiving hepatitis C care among hospitalized patients who inject drugs or are living with hepatitis C.
Can Hepatitis B and HCV Be Eliminated?
April 13th 2016A report from the NAS suggests that the elimination of hepatitis B and C as a public health problem is possible, but that time and considerable resources will need to be devoted to stopping the transmission of the disease and treating all those who are infected.
Roche Gets FDA Approval for Expanded Use of Hepatitis C Test
March 30th 2016The FDA has granted Roche expanded use of the company’s RNA test for hepatitis, which will allow the assay to be used as a diagnostic tool to confirm active infection in certain populations, the Swiss pharmaceutical company announced.
Hahnemann Gets HIV-to-HIV Transplant OK
Hahnemann University Hospital in Philadelphia PA has gotten the okay to start transplanting livers and kidneys from HIV-positive donors into patients with HIV. The transplant team expects to do such a surgery within the next few weeks.
Updated Guidance on New Hepatitis C Drug
March 1st 2016HCVGuidelines.org recently posted several updates related to the approval of Zepatier, including guidance on the role of testing patients for NS5A resistance-associated variants (RAVs) before they begin therapy with Zepatier to determine the dose and duration of the drug.
Bristol-Myers Squibb Gets Expanded Use for Hepatitis C Drug in Europe
February 5th 2016The European Commission has approved expanded use of a Bristol-Myers Squibb hepatitis C drug to include patient populations with decompensated cirrhosis, HIV-1 coinfection and post-liver transplant recurrence of the virus.
CDC Urges Dialysis Facilities to Enhance HCV Prevention Procedures
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is urging dialysis providers to assess and improve infection control practices, in part because the agency has received an increased number of reports of newly acquired HCV infection among patients undergoing hemodialysis.
Most Children Born to Hepatitis C-Positive Mothers Don't Get Tested
January 26th 2016Vertical transmission, or the spread of infection from mother to baby during childbirth, is the most common way that children get hepatitis C. However, it turns out that these children are rarely tested for the disease.
Low Percentage of Patients Screened for Hepatitis C at Community Health Centers
January 15th 2016Community health centers screen less than 10% of baby boomer patients (and more men than women) for hepatitis C, a much lower percentage than recommended by national guidelines revised in 2013, according to a recently published study.
Hepatitis C: Interferon Treatment Triggers Anti-Interferon Antibodies
Even with direct-acting antivirals, not all patients with chronic hepatitis C can be cured. That might be because patients develop antibodies to interferon, a drug that is still part of DAA regimens, Italian researchers report.