HCV in Pregnancy: One Piece of a Bigger Problem HCV in Pregnancy: One Piece of a Bigger Problem
Mirroring the opioid crisis, maternal and newborn hepatitis C infections more than doubled in the United States between 2009 and 2019, research shows.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Gastroenterology Headlines)
Source: Medscape Gastroenterology Headlines - November 5, 2021 Category: Gastroenterology Tags: Ob/Gyn & Women ' s Health News Source Type: news
How One Country Reduced HCV in MSM With HIV to Less Than 1% How One Country Reduced HCV in MSM With HIV to Less Than 1%
The US launched its first plan to eliminate hepatitis C in the US this year. Switzerland shows one way to do it.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Hiv-Aids Headlines)
Source: Medscape Hiv-Aids Headlines - November 3, 2021 Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: Infectious Diseases News Source Type: news
Global Cascade of Care for Chronic Hepatitis C Virus Infection Global Cascade of Care for Chronic Hepatitis C Virus Infection
This systematic review assessing data on the HCV care cascade in various countries and populations reveals that DAA treatment uptake in most countries is sub-optimal.Journal of Viral Hepatitis (Source: Medscape Hiv-Aids Headlines)
Source: Medscape Hiv-Aids Headlines - October 25, 2021 Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: Gastroenterology Journal Article Source Type: news
Treating Hepatis C Virus and Opioid Use Disorder Together Benefits Patients
This study found that people with hepatitis C virus (HCV) who inject drugs, offering buprenorphine treatment for opioid use disorder at the same location as HCV treatment resulted in high rates of buprenorphine initiation. People who started and maintained buprenorphine during HCV treatment … (Source: NIDA News)
Source: NIDA News - October 25, 2021 Category: Addiction Tags: Hepatitis, HIV or AIDS, NIDA Notes, Opioids, Treatment Source Type: news
Eliminating hepatitis C in Pakistan could yield a return-on-investment of US$9.10 billion
Pakistan has one of the highest rates of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection in the world, accounting for over ten per cent of global HCV infections. A new modelling study led by the University of Bristol, UK, suggests that achieving the World Health Organization goal of eliminating HCV as a public health problem by 2030 in Pakistan is likely to be highly cost-effective by 2030, cost-saving by 2031, and could deliver US$9.10 billion in savings to the Pakistan national economy by 2050. (Source: University of Bristol news)
Source: University of Bristol news - October 22, 2021 Category: Universities & Medical Training Tags: Health, Research; Faculty of Health Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences, Bristol Medical School, Institutes, Bristol Population Health Science Institute; Press Release Source Type: news
Scientists Successfully Attached a Pig Kidney to Human For the First Time
Scientists temporarily attached a pig’s kidney to a human body and watched it begin to work, a small step in the decades-long quest to one day use animal organs for life-saving transplants.
Pigs have been the most recent research focus to address the organ shortage, but among the hurdles: A sugar in pig cells, foreign to the human body, causes immediate organ rejection. The kidney for this experiment came from a gene-edited animal, engineered to eliminate that sugar and avoid an immune system attack.
Surgeons attached the pig kidney to a pair of large blood vessels outside the body of a deceased recipient so they cou...
Source: TIME: Health - October 20, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Carla K. Johnson / AP Tags: Uncategorized Research wire Source Type: news
Scientists Successfully Attached a Pig Kidney to Human For the First Time
Scientists temporarily attached a pig’s kidney to a human body and watched it begin to work, a small step in the decades-long quest to one day use animal organs for life-saving transplants.
Pigs have been the most recent research focus to address the organ shortage, but among the hurdles: A sugar in pig cells, foreign to the human body, causes immediate organ rejection. The kidney for this experiment came from a gene-edited animal, engineered to eliminate that sugar and avoid an immune system attack.
Surgeons attached the pig kidney to a pair of large blood vessels outside the body of a deceased recipient so they cou...
Source: TIME: Science - October 20, 2021 Category: Science Authors: Carla K. Johnson / AP Tags: Uncategorized Research wire Source Type: news
Framing public health response to the opioid and overdose crisis: are there alternatives to cascade of care model? - H øj SB, Bruneau J, Hickman M.
The 'cascade of care' has seen widespread uptake as a framework for measuring patient engagement in care for chronic conditions including HIV, hepatitis C and diabetes.1 Attention recently turned to its potential utility in the field of addiction care, par... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - October 11, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Alcohol and Other Drugs Source Type: news
American Scientists Win Nobel Prize in Medicine for Research on Human Sensory Receptors
(STOCKHOLM) — Two scientists won the Nobel Prize in medicine on Monday for their discoveries into how the human body perceives temperature and touch, revelations that could lead to new ways of treating pain or even heart disease.
Americans David Julius and Ardem Patapoutian identified receptors in the skin that respond to heat and pressure. Their work is focused on the field of somatosensation, which explores the ability of specialized organs such as eyes, ears and skin to see, hear and feel.
“This really unlocks one of the secrets of nature,” said Thomas Perlmann, secretary-general of the Nobel Committee...
Source: TIME: Health - October 4, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: AP / David Keyton and Frank Jordans Tags: Uncategorized medicine wire Source Type: news
Patients with chronic hepatitis C have high out-of-pocket costs in Canada
(Source: PharmacoEconomics and Outcomes News)
Source: PharmacoEconomics and Outcomes News - October 1, 2021 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: news
Replacing Monopolies with Impact Rewards
This article was originally published by OpenGlobalRights (Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health)
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - September 24, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Thomas Pogge Tags: Economy & Trade Global Global Governance Headlines Health Human Rights TerraViva United Nations Source Type: news
NIAID Scientists Find a Key to Hepatitis C Entry into Cells
Understanding Structure of HCV Proteins Could Aid in Vaccine Development. (Source: National Institutes of Health (NIH) News Releases)
Source: National Institutes of Health (NIH) News Releases - September 21, 2021 Category: American Health Source Type: news
Gilead Sciences considered Atlanta, Durham before selecting Raleigh for 275 jobs
The maker of breakthrough HIV, hepatitis C and cancer therapies — as well as the Covid drug remdesivir — snagged nearly $10 million reimbursement incentive and more than $357,000 in community college training incentives from North Carolina. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Physician Practices headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Physician Practices headlines - September 16, 2021 Category: American Health Authors: Lauren Ohnesorge Source Type: news
