The availability of new and improved hepatitis C antiviral drug treatments has the potential to cure the virus with a single course of treatment lasting about 12 weeks. This is a drastic change ...

The publication of the WHO Guidelines for the screening, care and treatment of persons with hepatitis C infection coincides with a wave of new oral treatments for hepatitis, which promise to be ...

Hepatitis C is a contagious liver disease ... their immune system is able to fight off the infection. But others may need treatment. Now, new treatments called Direct Antiviral Agents -- or ...

And so seeing your physician, getting an accurate diagnosis, and then taking the treatment is really a very simple process now. Hepatitis C is curable, and the cure rates now are, or should be ...

Most pediatric cases of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection are perinatal, meaning the virus is transmitted from birthing ...

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which can lead to related diseases such as chronic hepatitis, cirrhosis, and liver cancer. Early identification can lead to treatments to reduce the risk. Researchers published their findings on ...

AbbVie is aiming to steal sales from hep C drugs from Gilead and BMS with a new combination offering a shorter, eight-week treatment for the most difficult-to-treat form of the disease.