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Hepatitis C a growing threat to moms, babies. But screening is inadequate.

Pregnant mothers with hepatitis C can have cholestasis of pregnancy and premature or low birth weight babies. (Getty Images) During her third pregnancy, Jamie Smith was itchy. Crazy itchy. Her ...
Kitsap Sun

Washington aims to eradicate hepatitis C, and screening matters

When it comes to hepatitis C, we have made incredible scientific advances over the years. Hepatitis C is a viral infection causing liver inflammation and it can lead to serious liver damage and ...
Healio

CDC recommends single-visit testing for hepatitis C

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Approximately one-third of patients do not complete the two-step testing process for hepatitis C. The CDC now ...
Medscape

CDC Considers Expanding Hepatitis C Testing

CHICAGO — In response to an increase in the incidence of hepatitis C infections, which tripled from 2010 to 2015, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the US Preventive Services ...
LAist

CDC Recommends Hepatitis C Testing For All Boomers

Listen up, baby boomers. The government wants every one of you to get tested for the hepatitis C virus. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention made a sweeping recommendation official amid ...
Medscape

Improvement Needed in Hepatitis C Screening, Diagnosis and Referral

New York (MedscapeWire) May 21 — Both primary care physicians and patients need to be more aware of the need for hepatitis C screening, as well as risk factors for contracting the disease. According ...
Healio

To initiate same-day hepatitis C testing and treatment, hepatitis B status must be known

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The FDA’s recent authorization of a rapid, point-of-care test to diagnose current hepatitis C virus infection is ...
Becker's Hospital Review

Hep C testing remains low among baby boomers despite health official recommendations

While the United States Preventive Services Task Force recommended hepatitis C testing for baby boomers in 2013, rates of screening among this population still remained low two years later, according ...
KSDK

75% of people who have Hepatitis C don't know it: Free testing available in St. Louis

ST. LOUIS — This morning, there's a new effort to protect people from a disease that can truly be a silent killer: Hepatitis C. The American Liver Foundation reports as many as 75% of people who are ...
New Hampshire Union Leader

Hepatitis C testing begins for 3,300 Exeter Hospital patients

STRATHAM - Some 500 patients are expected to undergo blood tests for possible exposure to hepatitis C today as the state begins the largest public testing operation in its history in response to the ...

Costs pose hurdle for promising new hepatitis C lab test

A new rapid test for hepatitis C could help identify many more patients who could be cured of the deadly disease, but its use may be limited unless insurers' reimbursement rises to cover its high cost ...