HCV Epidemiology & Mortality
San Francisco Task Force Releases First Hepatitis C Prevalence Estimates
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- Category: HCV Epidemiology & Mortality
- Published on Saturday, 01 July 2017 00:00
- Written by Liz Highleyman
End Hep C SF, a consortium of public health workers, medical providers, advocates, and people living with hepatitis C, has released the first-ever estimate of the number of people thought to be living with active hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection in San Francisco.
New Hepatitis C Infections in U.S. Tripled Over Past 5 Years, CDC Says
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- Category: HCV Epidemiology & Mortality
- Published on Tuesday, 16 May 2017 00:00
- Written by Liz Highleyman
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released new data last week showing that the number of new hepatitis C virus (HCV) infections reported to the agency nearly tripled between 2010 and 2015. A related study saw a rising rate of hepatitis C among pregnant women -- increasing the likelihood of mother-to-child HCV transmission -- while another showed that many states are not doing all they could to reduce new infections.
CROI 2017: New HCV Infections Among HIV+ Gay Men Drop By Half After DAA Roll-Out in Netherlands
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- Category: HCV Sexual Transmission
- Published on Friday, 17 February 2017 00:00
- Written by Liz Highleyman
A little more than a year after the Netherlands instituted a policy allowing unrestricted access to direct-acting antivirals (DAAs) for the hepatitis C treatment, researchers have already seen a dramatic decline in acute HCV infections among one at-risk population, HIV-positive men who have sex with men, according to findings reported at the Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections this week in Seattle.
EASL 2017: WHO Releases Global Hepatitis Report
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- Category: HBV Epidemiology & Mortality
- Published on Monday, 01 May 2017 00:00
- Written by WHO
An estimated 325 million people worldwide are living with chronic hepatitis B or hepatitis C, according to a new report from the World Health Organization (WHO) released at the EASL International Liver Congress last month in Amsterdam.Most lack access to testing and treatment, and therefore are at risk for liver disease progression, liver cancer, and death.
Viral Hepatitis Is Now A Major Global Cause of Death, Exceeding HIV and TB
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- Category: HBV Epidemiology & Mortality
- Published on Wednesday, 13 July 2016 00:00
- Written by Liz Highleyman
Hepatitis B and C have become leading causes of death and disability worldwide, as other major communicable diseases such as HIV/AIDS, malaria, and tuberculosis (TB) have come under better control, according to an analysis published in the July 8 online edition of The Lancet.
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