Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Only 42% of exposed infants received appropriate testing for hepatitis C virus. The CDC now recommends RNA ...

Hepatitis C (HCV) is a common but entirely curable disease, yet it’s the leading cause of liver cancer if left untreated. According to the most recent data available, HCV causes more deaths in the U.S ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . HCV testing provides valuable information that aids in disease prevention and in the initiation of care.

New research from Boston Medical Center shows that routine Hepatitis C (HCV) testing at federally qualified health centers (FQHC) improves diagnosis rates and health outcomes for people with HCV ...

Despite the CDC’s recommendation, which has been in effect since 1998, study results show that just half of HIV-positive individuals choose to get tested for hepatitis C virus (HCV) in the 12 months ...

Although thousands of new substance use disorder treatment facilities that offer medication for opioid use disorder were opened between 2017 and 2020, the proportion of facilities that also offered ...

BOSTON - According to a new study, screening all adults for hepatitis C (HCV) is a cost-effective way to improve clinical outcomes of HCV and identify more infected people compared to current ...

Hepatitis C virus (HCV) testing by using test cassette, the result showed positive (double red line) Researchers compared hepatitis C virus point-of-care RNA viral load testing with laboratory-based ...

Editor's note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape's Coronavirus Resource Center. The COVID-19 pandemic has coincided with sharp declines in routine testing for and treatment of ...

A white van large enough to fill three parking spaces pulls into a southwest Philadelphia neighborhood. Several Drexel medical students and other volunteers emerge, led by Drexel Medicine’s Stacey ...

With an increase in HIV and HCV infections as a consequence of the ongoing opioid epidemic, Boston Medical Center researchers found that only a small number of those who test positive for those ...