The viral illness kills more people in the city than HIV, but antiviral medications may be helping cut its transmission.

If you’ve recently received a hepatitis C diagnosis, there are several ways you can contribute to the success of your treatment. For example, you can stay on top of your health, communicate with ...

The Philadelphia Department of Public Health has released its 2023 Annual Report on Hepatitis B, C, and D in the city. The ...

Learn More Causes and Risk Factors of Hepatitis C Is hepatitis C curable? Yes. The virus is considered cured when, 12 weeks after completing treatment, the hepatitis C RNA (viral) level is ...

In 2023, three Northern Ontario health unit areas that make up two per cent of the provincial population accounted for 10 per ...

That is about to change, with $6 million awarded to National Cancer Centre Singapore (NCCS) senior consultant surgeon Pierce ...

People of color experience higher rates of the hepatitis C virus compared with white people. This is due to factors like lack of access to treatment and exclusion from clinical trials. However ...

The arrival of interferon-free, orally administered direct-acting antivirals (DAAs) in 2014 was a leap forward for the treatment of hepatitis C (HCV), a disease responsible for some 700,000 deaths ...

The only natural host of the hepatitis C virus (HCV) is humans. Model organisms for laboratory studies, especially mice, ...

In Rwanda, cancer remains a leading health challenge, with breast, cervical, and prostate cancers being among the most prevalent. According to Dr. Theoneste Maniragaba, the Director of the Cancer ...

Gilead's Sovaldi (sofosbuvir) was launched in the US in December, and is already transforming the treatment of Hepatitis C, thanks to its ability to cure far more patients than existing treatments ...

Existing treatment criteria for chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection are mainly based on data from observational studies, such as the REVEAL study from Taiwan, which was initiated in the early ...