Like many hepatitis C patients, Anthony Lo Russo, 64, lived with the virus for years before he knew he had it. Even after a routine blood test flagged it in 1995, he eschewed hep C drugs because ...

Part of President Biden's budget focuses on attacking hepatitis C, a disease that's almost completely curable with drugs. Left untreated, it can lead to chronic illness and even death.

According to CDC's analysis, just 34% of people known to have hep C in the past decade have been cured or cleared of the virus. Nearly a million people in the U.S. are living with undiagnosed hep C.

Hep C has a secret strategy to evade the immune system. And now we know what it is By Bec Roldan Published July 26, 2023 at 2:33 PM EDT Facebook LinkedIn Email BSIP/Universal Images Group via ...

Hep C is spread by blood-to-blood contact, but it is not merely a needle-borne infection. You can contract it by sharing toothbrushes, razors, nail clippers, manicure scissors or other household ...

That's the sort of costly hep C complication that Sovaldi, Olysio, and prospective new treatments are designed to forestall. Gilead has defended the $84,000 price for a 12-week course of Sovaldi ...

The CDC reports an increase in hep C virus- associated morbidity and mortality correlations. For example, annual HCV-associated mortality in the U.S. increased more than 50 percent from 1999 to 2007.

For more information about hepatitis C treatments, call 866-WE-CURE-HEP-C. To see statewide treatment and screening facilities visit the Department of Health website.

By Ed Silverman Jan. 8, 2015 3:51 pmET Share AbbVie’s new hepatitis C regimen, Viekira Pak, was approved last month by the FDA.Photo: AbbVie ...

In Colorado, hep C has long been one of the leading causes of death inside state prisons. A review of 823 deaths within the DOC over the past fifteen years found that 161 of those deaths, nearly ...