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.

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.

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 ...

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

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 ...

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.

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 ...

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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 ...

The existence of what we now know to be hepatitis C was first discovered in 1975 by a team of NIH researchers led by Dr. Stephen Feinstone. While developing new serological testing to diagnose ...

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.