Seaman and another addiction specialist at OHSU, Dr. Todd Korthuis, said using telehealth and peers could be easily scaled to ...

When news broke in 2014 that hepatitis C, a viral disease affecting the liver, could be cured thanks to a new class of direct-acting antiviral drugs, many began to wonder how soon it would be before ...

Batch orders are still available for some vaccines. Immunize all susceptible contacts of acute and chronic carriers with HBV vaccine Immunize and provide hepatitis B Immune globulin (HBIG) to Infants ...

DURHAM, N.C., December 18, 2024--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Precision ... owned in vivo gene editing program designed to cure chronic hepatitis B by eliminating cccDNA, the key source of replicating ...

After recovering from the illness, a person is considered immune and protected against hepatitis A for life. Unlike hepatitis B and C, hepatitis A is not transmitted through blood and does not produce ...

In 2023, there were an estimated 68,890 people living with hepatitis C in Australia, down 58% from 162,590 at the end of 2015 ...

Learn more. LEWISTON — Looking back, Rosie Boyce does not recall experiencing many symptoms from her hepatitis C infections. With her body clearing it once on its own in 2009, she was surprised ...

Hepatitis is inflammation of the liver. Though it is most often caused by one of five different viruses (hepatitis A, B, C, D, and E), there are also nonviral causes ...

Charlotte Dickens, who had a blood transfusion in 1980, ordered a home kit after reading a BBC story There has been a surge in demand for hepatitis C tests since the BBC revealed that hundreds of ...

Up to 27,000 people were exposed to hepatitis C after having blood transfusions in the 1970s, 80s and 90s. The true scale of undiagnosed cases is based on BBC analysis of statistics submitted to ...

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