Hepatitis C News

A Colorado hospital has warned patients they may have been exposed to serious infections through improperly sterilized surgical instruments, according to state health officials.

While hepatitis C treatment rates have improved since the introduction of direct-acting antivirals, researchers found that overall treatment rates in a large, ethnically diverse cohort were less than 20% and lowest among Hispanic patients and those with Medicaid or indigent care, according to a recently published study.

Undiagnosed hepatitis C was more common than undiagnosed HIV in a survey of patients admitted to a New York emergency department, according to a recently published study.

According to researchers, more than 6% of baby boomers tested positive for hepatitis C virus antibodies during a recent 7-month period at a small-city New Jersey ED — twice as high as the CDC estimate for the high-risk group.

Sofosbuvir plus ribavirin with or without pegylated interferon was safe and effective in Chinese patients with hepatitis C genotypes 1, 2, 3 and 6, regardless of treatment experience, according to recently published data.

While hepatitis C screening improved recently, the increased rates are minimal and less than optimal among black individuals, Hispanics and women, according to a recently published study.

The overall death rate from many infectious diseases decreased by nearly 20% in the United States over 35 years, according to researchers.

Gov . Andrew M. Cuomo announced the first U.S. state-level hepatitis C elimination strategy to end HCV in New York, according to a press release.

Researchers have developed a predictive score that quantifies the potential benefits of direct-acting antiviral therapy for patients with hepatitis C and decompensated cirrhosis, according to recently published data.

A program granting prison inmates with hepatitis C virus infection unrestricted access to direct-acting antiviral therapy nearly eliminated the virus at a correctional facility in Australia less than 2 years after its implementation, according to study findings published in Clinical Infectious Diseases.