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Thousands to benefit from rapid hepatitis C testing in England
The NHS has announced that thousands of people in England are set to receive rapid hepatitis C testing in the health service's latest drive...
Non-invasive tests work in long-term hepatitis C treatment
Researchers from MedUni Vienna have found that long-term hepatitis C treatment can be improved by non-invasive tests, despite doubts surrounding the method.
A team of...
New NHS programme aims to provide Hepatitis C treatment
A new NHS screening pilot will give thousands of people the opportunity to access hepatitis C treatment.
Hepatitis C is a virus that infects the...
Blueprint revealed for delivering hepatitis C treatment to drug users
An expert guide to delivering hepatitis C testing and treatment to people who inject drugs could help to eliminate the virus, scientists say.
Following a...
Hepatitis C in the UK – the path to elimination
Following an 11% fall in hepatitis C-related deaths between 2016 and 2017, Rachel Halford makes the case for a national strategy to eliminate hepatitis...
Fall in deaths from hepatitis C-related liver disease
Deaths from hepatitis C-related end-stage liver disease have decreased by 11% in the last year in England, but diagnoses of advanced liver disease and...
Many European countries yet to enact policies to eradicate hepatitis C virus
There are still many European countries that have yet to enact focused policies to eliminate hepatitis, according to the European Liver Patients’ Association (ELPA)...
Immune system remains damaged despite cured hepatitis C infection
The immune system remains changed for many years, even after a hepatitis C infection heals, according to a new study by Karolinska Institutet, Sweden,...
New Hepatitis C model developed that could improve treatment
A new mathematical model has been created by the University of Surrey, UK, which details how the Hepatitis C (HCV) infection develops and behaves,...
The hidden secrets of hepatitis C
A group effort between physicists, biologists and engineers has led to a novel method to analyse a key protein in hepatitis C virus. Collaborators...