It is worthwhile to give patients expensive new drugs that can cure their hepatitis C much earlier than some insurers are now willing to pay for them, according to a UC San Francisco study that models ...

HCV infection is the underlying cause for chronic Hepatitis C (CHC), liver cirrhosis, and liver cancer or hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). In 2019, over 2,90,000 people died of HCV-related diseases.

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 ...

Improvements to the efficacy and side effects of hepatitis C medications have simplified the disease management calculus, tipping the scales towards treatment. The availability of effective oral ...

Rowen (not his real name) decided to create a Facebook group dedicated to raising public awareness about liver-related illnesses. Diagnosed with hepatitis B about eight years ago and now in the ...

There’s a link between heredity and liver cancer, but genetics aren’t the only factors at play. People who develop liver cancer usually have more than one risk factor, such as a family history of ...