The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) recommends screening for exposure with HCV antibody (anti-HCV) and follow-up with HCV-RNA testing. About 70% to 86% of patients with positive results of anti-HCV ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . HCV screening increased after guidelines updated to screen all adults and during each pregnancy. Screening rose ...

Hepatitis C is a tiny virus with a significant impact. It's a small RNA virus that spreads through the blood and infects the liver. Even though today's medicines can cure it, hepatitis C remains a ...

A total of 1,164 patients were screened for HIV, HCV, or both at the 61 participating pharmacies (Table 2); the average number of patients screened per pharmacy was 19. Among the 612 patients screened ...

Scientists at Northwestern University have developed the fastest test yet for diagnosing hepatitis C virus (HCV). The highly accurate diagnostic delivers results to patients in just 15 minutes—up to ...

Dear Dr. Roach: I am 90 and in reasonably good health. I recently had blood tests that showed a spike in my liver levels. An evaluation showed that I had hepatitis C. I have had a very hard time ...

A new rapid test for hepatitis C could help identify many more patients who could be cured of the deadly disease, but its use may be limited unless insurers' reimbursement rises to cover its high cost ...

Northwestern scientists have created the fastest-ever hepatitis C diagnostic, delivering accurate results in only 15 minutes. The test uses the DASH rapid PCR system, originally developed for COVID, ...

When managing patients with hepatitis C virus (HCV), initiating treatment of the infection promptly is more important than determining the severity of their liver disease with the customary staging ...