On Tuesday, Cherokee Nation Principal Chief Chuck Hoskin Jr. signed a proclamation designating May as Hepatitis C Awareness ...

I’m here today to talk about a disease of grave seriousness — hepatitis. In recent years, the medical community has made significant strides in combating this global scourge. Still, much work remains, ...

When news broke in 2014 that hepatitis C, a viral disease affecting the liver, could be cured thanks to a new class of direct-acting antiviral drugs, many began to wonder how soon it would be before ...

Gail Hawthorn is a clinical nurse specialist in hepatitis C liaison ...

Millions of Americans live with chronic hepatitis and may not know it, because it can take years to become symptomatic. The most common types of the virus, hepatitis B and C, can lead to liver failure ...

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Direct-acting antivirals (DAAs) can cure hepatitis C (HCV) in more than 95% of individuals treated. But only 1 in 3 people with HCV in the U.S. receive treatment within a year of diagnosis. A new ...

Liver specialist Maurizio Bonacini is in the race for a cure for hepatitis B, one of the world’s most widespread diseases and a top cause of liver cancer around the globe. “It’s the last frontier,” ...

Millions of Americans are still battling potentially deadly hepatitis C even though they could be cured with antiviral drugs they are not receiving, a new analysis reveals. University of Virginia ...

An inmate at the Men's Central Jail in downtown Los Angeles. (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times) During my five years as a doctor in Los Angeles County’s jail system, I personally saw hundreds of patients ...