Opt-out testing for hepatitis C seen as key to fighting disease

How early screening can beat 'silent killers' Hepatitis B and C

Symptoms of these critical infections, which can lead to cirrhosis and liver cancer, are vague and easily dismissed

Precision screening and local care advance hepatitis C elimination

Hepatitis C remains a major cause of liver cirrhosis and liver cancer worldwide. Although highly effective antiviral medicines can cure most infections, many people remain undiagnosed or untreated because health care systems often fail to reach those at greatest risk.

Opt-out testing for hepatitis C seen as key to fighting disease

LONDON — At King’s College Hospital in the south of London, anyone who has blood drawn in the emergency department is automatically tested for hepatitis B and C. Posters throughout the facility inform patients that the screening is routine, part of a new approach helping find and treat thousands of people who might otherwise never […]