National Hepatitis Testing Day: Most Infected Are Unaware, All Boomers Should Get HCV Test
In advance of the National Hepatitis Testing Day on Saturday, May 19, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has issued a new recommendation that all Baby Boomers born between 1945 and 1965 should get tested at least once for hepatitis C. Testing Day events will also promote hepatitis B screening, especially for Asian communities. Research shows that a large majority of people with hepatitis B or C do not know they are infected.
Complete Coverage of the 2012 International Liver Congress
HIVandHepatitis.com coverage of the 2012 International Liver Congress -- 47th Annual Meeting of the European Association for the Study of the Liver (EASL), April 18-22.
Conference highlights include experimental hepatitis C therapies, interferon-free regimens, boceprevir (Victrelis) and telaprevir (Incivek/Incivo) in real-world practice, difficult-to-treat patients, HIV/HCV coinfection, hepatitis B research, and liver cancer research.
HIVandHepatitis.com EASL 2012 conference section
Professional Tattooing and Piercing Not Linked to Hepatitis C Risk
While amateur tattoos and other body modifications done in prison or other non-professional settings can carry an increased risk of acquiring hepatitis C virus (HCV), there is no evidence of increased transmission risk for tattoos or piercings done in professional studios, according to a meta-analysis described in the April 15, 2012 issue of Clinical Infectious Diseases.
Complete Coverage of the 2012 Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections
HIVandHepatitis.com's complete coverage of the 19th Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI 2012), March 5-8, 2012.
Featuring new HIV drugs, HIV cure research, biomedical prevention, HIV-related conditions and complications, basic science, hepatitis C, and HIV/HCV coinfection.
HIVandHepatitis.com CROI 2012 section
