Hepatitis

As excitement mounts among physicians and investors over a new crop of drugs for treating hepatitis C, there is also concern that patients in developing countries may not have sufficient access due to high prices. But a recent poster presentation at a medical conference suggests that drugmakers can produce these new medicines for relatively little […]

WASHINGTON — Combination therapy to treat patients co-infected with HIV and hepatitis C virus (HCV) can achieve a high percentage of virologic end-of-treatment response to the hepatitis infection without affecting suppression of the HIV, researchers reported here. At 48 weeks, 83% of patients had a sustained response to hepatitis infection with the combination of telaprevir

Sofosbuvir and ledipasvir stop virus replicating in 97% of patients in study reported in the Lancet journal Scientists have reported the successful eradication of hepatitis C in patients using two new antiviral drugs, raising hopes of a possible cure. In the trial, the virus was eliminated from almost all the patients involved, including those who

When Karen Robson was about to turn 40 earlier this year, her doctor ordered a battery of tests – including a blood test for hepatitis C. Robson, a Toronto-based sociologist, said she was shocked when the results confirmed that she had antibodies for hepatitis C. “I went into panic mode,” she said. Robson has no

Aris was diagnosed with hepatitis C in 2001. For the previous four years, he had injected heroin daily. Sometimes he shared needles, syringes and other injecting equipment with friends, unaware that this practice can easily transmit blood-borne viruses like hepatitis B and C, and HIV, the virus that can lead to acquired immune deficiency syndrome

Of every 1,000 blood samples, ID-NAT blood bank officials found 12 positive for HBV Of every 1,000 blood samples tested at the Individual Donor-Nucleic Acid Testing (ID-NAT) blood bank at Bowring and Lady Curzon Hospital here, an average of 12 are found to be positive for Hepatitis B Virus (HBV) and two for HIV. Officials

Two investigational drugs for hepatitis C (HCV), both taken orally, combined effectively in difficult-to-treat patients without the use of pegylated interferon, researchers reported. The drugs — faldaprevir and deleobuvir (plus ribavirin) — led to undetectable HCV 12 weeks after the end of treatment in 52% to 69% of patients, without the need for interferon, according

Hepatitis is a frequent headline-maker in media and creates lots of online chat in blogs, tweets and posts. No wonder, given that this liver disease is potentially life-threatening. Despite all this attention, getting people tested and treated is still a challenge for public-health practitioners. As we acknowledge the annual World Hepatitis Day this Sunday, the

The plan to wipe out HIV infection by British Columbia health experts was so successful, they’re trying to replicate the idea for the treatment of viral hepatitis. Concern about viral hepatitis is primarily in immigrant populations, according to Health Minister Margaret MacDiarmid, who announced $1.9 million in new provincial funding this week. She said it’s

Health officials are trying to stop the spread of hepatitis and HIV in the northwest. The Sioux Lookout First Nations Health Authority say Hepatitis C has been on the rise over the last couple of years and believe part of the problem is increased opiate abuse and the likelihood of more people sharing needles. Dr.