Hepatitis C

Hepatitis C can be common among individuals with inheritable blood or bleeding disorders. Learn more about the symptoms and treatments of hepatitis C.

Researchers Discover New Virus Associated with HCV

Researchers plan to use these tests to work with blood banks to help protect the blood supply.

Hepatitis C

Hepatitis C Drugs Update

An array of new medications to treat HCV hit the market.

Hepatitis C

All Clear for Hepatitis C

Update, February 9, 2016: The FDA has approved the expanded use of Daklinza® to include patients with hepatitis C virus...

Hepatitis C

Do the Wave

Sound waves, such as ultrasound, are used in everything from home motion-detector sensors to evaluating fetal development during pregnancy. They’re...

Hepatitis C

Hope for Hepatitis C

Update, February 9, 2016: The FDA has approved the expanded use of Daklinza®to include patients with hepatitis C virus (HCV)...

Hepatitis C

Hepatitis C Update

As baby boomers age, they’ll not only face arthritis, but the possibility of another “itis” with even greater consequence—hepatitis. In...

Adults & Aging, Research & Treatment, Hepatitis C

Sea Change

Update, October 22, 2015: The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a warning that AbbVie’s Viekira Pak® and Technivie™...

Research & Treatment, Hepatitis C

New Hepatitis C Drugs Mark Major Advancement

The release of two new oral medications, IncivekTM and VictrelisTM, in May 2011 marks another significant advance in the fight...

Research & Treatment, Hepatitis C

Costs and Coverage of New Hepatitis C Drugs

Update, October 10, 2014: On October 10, 2014, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Harvoni™, a combination of...

Hepatitis C

Hepatitis C and Hemophilia

In May 2011, the FDA approved boceprevir (trade name Victrelis) and telaprevir (trade name Incivek), both protease inhibitors. Learn more...

Hepatitis C

Brain Fog

For years, patients with hepatitis C have complained of loss of concentration, memory lapses and shortened attention span. It turns...

Hepatitis C

Access to Hepatitis C Clinical Trials

Mark Antell had hepatitis C for decades before he decided to fight the disease. A chronic viral infection, hepatitis C...

Hepatitis C