For a decade now, the world has had highly effective medications for hepatitis C infections. In the United States, they’ve mostly been sitting on the shelf, according to a new study. These drugs, ...

Rick Jaenisch went through treatment six times before his hepatitis C was cured in 2017. Each time his doctors recommended a different combination of drugs, his insurer denied the initial request ...

When revolutionary direct-acting antivirals started to debut on the market between 2011 and 2014 and were later proven to cure hepatitis C 90% of the time, they sported a list price around $94,500, or ...

U ntil recently, most people diagnosed with hepatitis C were baby boomers, many of whom got the infection via a blood transfusion. As of 2024, hepatitis C is mostly spread via needles, syringes, and ...

As obstacles to hepatitis C treatment uptake were removed, rates of hepatitis-related liver disease in marginalized groups plummeted, according to a new study in Baltimore, Maryland published in ...

The Food and Drug Administration granted breakthrough therapy designation to a treatment regimen of two investigational drugs for patients with chronic hepatitis C virus who did not respond to ...

If hepatitis C isn't treated, it can be spread to others, and can lead to liver cancer, cirrhosis or end-stage liver disease years later. OHSU's pilot seeks to end this cycle of delayed care by ...

Hepatitis C and opioid use disorder are both chronic but treatable conditions. Yet many Americans living with this deadly combination aren’t offered treatment. Imagine going to your doctor with strep ...

Is hepatitis always caused by alcohol? Does it spread through touch or food? Can herbal remedies cure it? A ...