Hepatitis C is one of the most common types of viral hepatitis. Learn more about how you get hep C, the symptoms, how it's diagnosed, and the most common treatments.
Learn about hepatitis C prevention and control, how hepatitis C spreads, and who is at higher risk of being infected.
However, with newer treatments developed over the past few years, chronic hepatitis C is much more manageable now than it was in the past. Current antiviral drugs that help cure hepatitis C...
A CDC Vital Signs reports calls for key stakeholders to improve access to treatment for all people with hepatitis C.
Hepatitis B is a liver infection caused by the hepatitis B virus (HBV). The infection causes inflammation, which for most people is temporary.
Hepatitis C (Hep C) is a disease of the liver that can cause serious issues including liver failure and liver cancer. Hep C is curable.
Hepatitis C has long been seen as a chronic infection that could be treated but not cured. New drugs have changed that, but there are challenges.
A new CDC Vital Signs report finds that too few people diagnosed with hepatitis C are being treated, despite availability of medications capable of curing this viral infection.
Hepatitis C is among the leading causes of liver cancer; it's also linked to non-Hodgkin's lymphoma and bile duct cancers, and possibly pancreatic and head and neck cancers. And, if you already hav...
Infections · ● · T · he Hepatitis C Elimination · Programme is a global initiative · made possible by revolutionary changes · in the treatment of the disease. The · development of direct-acting antivirals, which effectively cure over 95% of · chronic hepatitis C cases, has meant the · disease can be effectively eliminated. 1.5 million deaths from hepatitis C virus · (HCV) could be averted over the next · decade if the Hepatitis C Elimination · Programme achieves its goals · internationally. 1 · The World Health ...