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Hepatitis C, a bloodborne virus that damages the liver, can cause cirrhosis, liver cancer, liver failure and death if left untreated. Despite the availability of highly effective treatments, the prevalence of hepatitis C ...
Sep 11, 2025
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Florida's plan to drop school vaccine mandates likely won't take effect for 90 days and would include only chickenpox and a few other illnesses unless lawmakers decide to extend it to other diseases, like polio and measles, ...
Sep 8, 2025
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Liver specialist Maurizio Bonacini is in the race for a cure for hepatitis B, one of the world's most widespread diseases and a top cause of liver cancer around the globe.
Sep 3, 2025
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TherVacB, a therapeutic vaccine for chronic hepatitis B, has entered its first clinical trial in patients. The first patient was enrolled in June 2025 and treated with the vaccine. In a previous trial in healthy volunteers, ...
Jul 24, 2025
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Menzies School of Health Research has led the largest-ever study of people living with a unique strain of chronic hepatitis B (C4 hepatitis B)—which predominately affects First Nations Australians in the Northern Territory ...
Jul 14, 2025
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As the opioid epidemic has worsened in the United States, prevalence of hepatitis C has also increased. Hepatitis C is a bloodborne virus that damages the liver. It is mainly spread through sharing needles or other injection ...
Jul 11, 2025
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A nontargeted screening approach in the emergency department is superior to targeted screening for identifying new hepatitis C virus (HCV) infections, according to a study published online July 9 in the JAMA.
Jul 10, 2025
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Use of nucleoside and nucleotide reverse transcriptase inhibitors (NRTIs) is associated with an increased risk for primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG), according to a study published online June 20 in Ophthalmology.
Jul 8, 2025
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The pending Supreme Court challenge to the Affordable Care Act's preventive services mandate has serious implications for the future of the treatment of hepatitis C in the United States.
Jun 25, 2025
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All 10 member countries of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) are set to miss global goals on combating infectious diseases, according to a new analysis in PLOS Medicine tracking the region's health progress.
May 13, 2025
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