Nontargeted screening for hepatitis C virus infection identified more new diagnoses than targeted screening among nearly ...

Yet only small percentages of patients with new diagnoses sought follow-up care, started or completed treatment, or attained ...

A nontargeted screening approach in the emergency department is superior to targeted screening for identifying new hepatitis ...

In a large cohort study of patients with chronic hepatitis B and/or C, 38% of HCV antibody—positive patients had no follow-up HCV RNA testing documented in the electronic health record (EHR). 4 ...

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.

If patients test positive, they need to be linked to treatment, and financial support for staffing to do that is often limited, he said. Only 27.5 percent of 12,166 substance abuse facilities reported ...

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One important test you should consider requesting is for hepatitis C. Why? A simple blood test now could save your life and potentially the lives of others. What ...

Hep C and drug abuse often go hand in hand, but screening for infection lags As the number of people who inject drugs has soared, the rate of hepatitis C infection has climbed steeply, too.