Injection-Drug Epidemics

The HCV-Seek Test and Rapid Treatment model achieved significantly higher cure rates compared with usual care among young people who inject drugs, according to data presented at IDWeek.

The last decade of health care has seen incredible changes, beginning with the passage of the Affordable Care Act in 2010. The law has been challenged, altered and amended numerous times. Yet, it still has many unsettled issues and the cost of health care continues to increase.

Researchers found high rates of sexually transmitted hepatitis C among HIV-negative men who have sex with men who used pre-exposure prophylaxis, especially among drug users, according to data published in Journal of Hepatology.