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, ...

Countries are making measurable progress in combatting viral hepatitis, but the disease remains a major global health ...

These pills are easy-to-take oral antivirals with few side effects. They cure 95% of patients who take them. The treatments are also expensive, coming in at $20 to 25,000 dollars a course. A new ...

Hepatitis C is known as a “silent” virus that may not be detected until the slow but progressive and potentially ...

In this Forefront article, we explore some of the critical policy and economic considerations embedded in the Cure Hepatitis C Act of 2025, highlighting the choices policy makers face in converting a ...

Fewer than 1 in 3 children with hepatitis C (HCV) see a clinician for care, and fewer than 1 in 8 receive treatment. “HCV is a silent killer,” said Megan Rose Curtis, MD, MS, the lead author of the ...

Despite bipartisan agreement on the need for testing and treatment for the life-threatening liver disease hepatitis C, potentially hundreds of thousands of Americans remain untreated or even unaware ...

Congress faces a historic opportunity to stamp out a disease that kills thousands of Americans each year and save billions of dollars to boot. In March, the Biden administration proposed an initiative ...

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Most new infections in adults 40 and under These low cure rates come at a time when there’s been a significant shift in the ages of people being diagnosed with new hepatitis C infections. Hepatitis C ...