Mobile units are being used to test for hepatitis C in one of the areas where the virus is thought to be particularly ...

If you think you may have hepatitis C, it's best to check in with your doctor. But if you need to test from home, here are 5 of the best testing kits.

Hepatitis C Testing and Diagnosis. Doctors will start by checking your blood for: Anti-HCV antibodies: This blood test is the first -- and sometimes only -- one you may get.

The cause of hepatitis was not clear, but it could be roughly divided into two presentations of illness. The first was spread by person-to-person contact or contaminated food or water.

You could have hepatitis C and not know it. Learn from the experts at WebMD why it’s important to get tested, if there’s any chance you’ve been exposed.

The pending Supreme Court challenge to the Affordable Care Act's preventive services mandate has serious implications for the ...

About 70 million people, including an estimated 250,000 Canadians, are infected with hepatitis C worldwide. The majority could be cured of the liver-damaging virus in 12 weeks at a cost of just ...

Expansion of government screening programs, rise in prevalence of hepatitis c & need for its early detection, and advancements in diagnostic technologies drive the growth of the global hepatitis C ...

When revolutionary direct-acting antivirals started to debut on the market between 2011 and 2014 and were later proven to cure hepatitis C 90% of the time, they sported a list price around $94,500 ...

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COLUMBIA, S.C. – May is National Hepatitis Awareness Month, and the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control is encouraging South Carolinians to know their status and get ...

However, hepatitis C remains a major health issue among intravenous drug users, with many factors going into the lack of testing and treatment for the virus among people in this community, he said.