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Screening for hepatitis C virus infection in adolescents and adults: US Preventive Services Task Force recommendation statement [published online March 2, 2020]. JAMA. doi: 10.1001/jama.2020.1123.
The US Preventive Services Task Force now recommends screening for hepatitis C infection in all adults ages 18 to 79 without known liver disease, regardless of their risk. CNN values your feedback 1.
When Martha Saly, director of the National Viral Hepatitis Roundtable (NVHR), learned she had hepatitis C, a virus that attacks the liver, she was in disbelief. Saly never suspected she might be ...
Screening for hepatitis C is available for anyone who requests it. Learn how much it costs, what the results mean, what treatment involves, and more.
Testing a patient for hepatitis C. Photo: mohamed abd el ghany/Reuters New guidelines say pregnant women should get tested for the hepatitis C virus, recommendations that some doctors say are ...
In 2012 the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommended routine testing for hepatitis C for people born in the period 1945–65. Until now, the recommendation’s impact on hepatitis C ...
Evaluation of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Recommendations for Hepatitis C Virus Testing in an Urban Emergency Department. Clinical Infectious Diseases , 2016; 62 (9): 1059 DOI ...
Canadians born between 1945 and 1975 should be tested for the potentially liver-destroying virus hepatitis C, a new set of guidelines recommends. More than 250,000 Canadians are believed to be ...
Annals of Internal Medicine, the flagship journal of the American College of Physicians publishes new CDC recommendations on hepatitis C screening. Up to 3.9 million people in the United States ...
The US Preventive Services Task Force now recommends screening for hepatitis C infection in all adults ages 18 to 79 without known liver disease, regardless of their risk. CNN values your feedback 1.