Hailed as breakthrough treatments at their 2013 debut, the number of direct-acting antiviral (DAA) prescriptions to treat ...

Direct-acting antivirals (DAAs) can cure hepatitis C (HCV) in more than 95% of individuals treated. But only 1 in 3 people ...

In 2005, Nick Voyles was diagnosed with hepatitis C after being released from five years of incarceration. A nurse told him he had only six months to live. He was prescribed a drug cocktail, a ...

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, ...

According to a report from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the vast majority of individuals with hepatitis C still have not been cured nearly 10 years after breakthrough ...

Only one in three Americans who have hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection receive curative antiviral drugs, according to 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 ...

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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 ...

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 ...