Blood-Borne Diseases

Among pregnant women coinfected with HIV, a higher hepatitis C viral load increased the likelihood of transmitting HCV to children.

However, according to one study the risk of heart inflammation increases with age and amplifies in patients with hepatitis C (HCV) compared to patients without HCV.

A meta-analysis study shows having the comorbidity presents significant health risks for this patient population.

The same 5-year survival rates with kidney transplants from HCV positive and negative donors supports revising HCV "penalty" in ranking donors.

The Liver Health Initiative’s Thelma King Thiel, and HCV co-discoverer and vaccine developer Michael Houghton, PhD, are a “Dynamic Duo” that are working together to bring about an end to this virus.

Injection drug users who received accessible care treatment at a syringe service program were almost 3 times as likely to complete their hepatitis C treatment than people who received usual care.

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A new report underscores a persistent problem of patients not receiving antivirals despite their high curative rate.

Rates of hepatitis C reinfection were low among people receiving opioid agonist therapy, according to a new study, which highlights the importance of risk reduction interventions and HCV treatment for people who inject drugs and people receiving opioid agonist therapy.

WHO guidelines on HIV, hepatitis and STIs focus on populations with high risk of infections but low inclusion in prevention and treatment programs.

WHO issues new HCV treatment recommendations that include "radical simplification" of care pathways, in pursuit of testing and treatment goals.

At AIDS 2022, Gilead presented data suggesting Biktarvy was a safe and effective complete HIV treatment regimen, including for those coinfected with hepatitis B.

Implicating adenovirus for hepatitis of unknown cause in children is confounded by its absence in some cases, and from all tested hepatic tissue.

Viral hepatitis “can and should be managed within primary care,” says Dr. Thomas Robertson.

2 patients died of Marburg virus in the southern Ashanti region of Ghana. Nearly 100 close contacts are now under observation for the infectious disease, which is a cousin of the Ebola virus.

The investigational therapy’s data points to a path towards a potential functional cure.

A shorter dosing period and no extra risk of suffering acute myocardial infarction means the newer 2-dose hepatitis B vaccine is an attractive option for protection.

The cases are in the pediatric population and come from 11 countries in the WHO European Region and 1 country in the WHO Region of the Americas.

First-in-class triaminopyrimidine demonstrates antimalarial efficacy in first-in-human test of dosing, kinetics, and clearing parasite in infected volunteers.

“People don’t recognize that at least 1 in 5 of the deaths from opioids may result from endocarditis,” said National Institute of Drug Abuse (NIDA) director Dr. Nora Volkow, adding that endocarditis is “100% preventable.”

Johnson & Johnson’s vaccine regimen induced neutralizing antibody responses in 98% of participants 21 days after the second dose.

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) announces single injection of monoclonal antibody against the Plasmodium mosquito-borne parasite prevented malaria throughout 9 month phase 1 trial.

The first case reported in Guinea has resulted in a patient's death, while health authorities work to reduce outbreak risks.

EVD outbreaks this year serve as a reminder of the virus’ severity and the importance of having a containment strategy in place.

The recombinant human IgG1κ monoclonal antibody binds and neutralizes the virus.

An outbreak which began at an infected healthcare worker's funeral has resulted in nearly 100 contact follow-ups.

Series completion rates were different among patient groups, the study authors observed.

This technology is effective in cases that are difficult to diagnose.

An assessment of a comparative study between leading options for a burdensome infection.

More than 13 million children did not receive their first DTP vaccine dose in 2019—and investigators anticipate the 2020 rate will be worse.