The Kaiser Permanente Hawaii Viral Hepatitis Clinic reached a milestone by curing its 1,000th patient of hepatitis C. “It’s a very satisfying thing to make that call and tell someone they’re cured,” ...

Considered once to be a lifelong disease, Hepatitis C has now been treated and cured in 1,000 patients at Kaiser Permanente.

An estimated 2 million adults in the US have chronic hepatitis C, with new infections on the rise. Many patients are unaware ...

A consultant Public Health Physician at Ikorodu General Hospital, Dr Yetunde Odusolu has called for an urgent action to prevent hepatitis, ...

Thousands more people across England are to benefit from routine HIV testing in A&Es this year, thanks to the extension of a major NHS public health initiative. Under a new expansion plan, 30 more ...

Sparked by a flurry of executive orders in the first week of taking power, and evolving at dizzying pace, the new US administration has taken a wrecking ball to health-related services and research ...

St. David’s Medical Center in Austin is the first hospital in Central Texas to offer histotripsy, a noninvasive ultrasound ...

NanoViricides, Inc. (NYSE American:NNVC) (the “Company”) declared today that it is ready to fight the bird flu with its revolutionary broad-spectrum antiviral drug NV-387, a drug that the Bird Flu ...

The arrival of interferon-free, orally administered direct-acting antivirals (DAAs) in 2014 was a leap forward for the treatment of hepatitis C (HCV), a disease responsible for some 700,000 deaths ...

Using “cure” to refer to “obtaining a normal life” also fits — if you ignore previously lost education, career opportunities ...

Gilead's Sovaldi (sofosbuvir) was launched in the US in December, and is already transforming the treatment of Hepatitis C, thanks to its ability to cure far more patients than existing treatments ...

Observational studies are critical tools in clinical research and public health response, but challenges arise in ensuring ...