HCV antibody testing is sensitive and inexpensive. Anti-HCV screening assays include the enzyme immunoassay (EIA) or the enhanced chemiluminescence immunoassay (CIA). Positive results are reportable ...

Medford-based Chembio Diagnostics and the Foundation for Innovative New Diagnostics are developing a rapid diagnostic test for hepatitis C virus. The foundation is working with three companies on HCV ...

CONCORD, N.H. — Hospitals across the country recommended hepatitis C testing for about 7,900 patients last summer after a traveling medical worker was accused of stealing drugs and infecting patients ...

In hopes of halting the spread of hepatitis C, state officials are working with Walmart to offer free testing at rural stores across the state. The idea is to screen and educate patients in places ...

We analyzed data for the period 2010–14 from the MarketScan Commercial Claims and Encounters database, a commercial health insurance database managed by Truven Health Analytics. This database includes ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. – May is National Hepatitis Awareness Month, and the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control is encouraging South Carolinians to know their status and get tested.

Hundreds of people have been diagnosed with either HIV or hepatitis B since A&E departments across the Midlands started ...

JOHNSON CITY, TENN. (WJHL) – Everything seemed normal when Cherrie Rosenbaum went to donate plasma in Johnson City last week. She arrived at Plasma Biological Services to donate – business as usual ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. — May is National Hepatitis Awareness Month, and the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control’s (DHEC) Division of STD/HIV/Viral Hepatitis is encouraging South ...