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 ...
For decades, many Americans with hepatitis C have struggled to get tested or died waiting for a cure that remained inaccessibly expensive within the nation’s fractured health care system. President ...
Hepatitis C is the leading blood borne infection, and the number one cause of liver disease in the United States. The Center for Disease Control estimates that 2.7 million people in the US are ...
In previous articles of this series, we’ve discussed several aspects of the hepatitis C virus including the nature of the infection and its distribution both globally and in the United States. Most ...
Despite an arsenal of drugs, many Americans are still unaware of their infections until it’s too late. A Biden initiative languishes without Congressional approval. By Ted Alcorn In the 10 years since ...
Harriet Callahan was caught completely by surprise. While visiting a doctor for arthritis a few years ago, a routine blood test revealed she had hepatitis C, one of the deadliest infectious diseases ...
Hepatitis C is widely known by name, but far less understood in reality. It's a condition that can exist quietly in the body for years, causing little to no outward sign that anything is wrong, which ...
The disease has become a key issue in Washington. We asked doctors to explain the ABCs. By Simar Bajaj On Friday, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s vaccine advisory panel recommended ...