The U.S. FDA approves Merck's once-a-day hepatitis C drug, Zepatier, which has been found effective among patients in a clinical trial.
Dr. Ke-Qin Hu and his team at the University of California, Irvine have developed an affordable one-step test that can screen, detect, and confirm hepatitis C virus infections.
The problem is that this combo drug Harvoni, which is a blend of sofosbuvir and another antiviral drug called ledipasvir, has a price tag of $1,125 per pill. The patients would have to take it for a three-month period, which makes the total cost of the treatment rise to more than $90,000, according to WebMD.
Pamela Anderson, who got her first shot at fame when she co-starred with David Hasselhoff in "Baywatch," the hit TV series back in the '90s, announced that she just recently got a clean bill of health and took to her social media account to let her fans know about the good news.
A new study has confirmed that besides affecting the liver, hepatitis C virus can now cause plaque buildup in individuals infected by the virus, regardless of HIV status, increasing their risk of developing heart problems.
The surge of heroin use and cases of subsequent Hepatitis C infection in central Ohio has alarmed state health officials.
Getting hepatitis C may lead to at least 2.5 times increased risk of getting renal & prostate cancer and lymphoma according to a new study.
