Hepatitis C is a viral infection that causes liver inflammation and, at times, results in major damage to your liver. ... This infographic is about your health care team if you have hepatitis C.

Ten years ago, safe and effective treatments for hepatitis C became available. These pills are easy-to-take oral antivirals with few side effects. They cure 95% of patients who take them. The ...

Learn more about hepatitis C transmission, how HCV is (and isn't) spread from person to person, and what to do if you think you've been exposed to the hepatitis c virus.

Hepatitis C was identified in 1989, thanks to contributions from Harvey J. Alter, Michael Houghton and Charles M. Rice. Research that started in the late 1960s helped launch a new screening method ...

Rick Jaenisch went through treatment six times before his hepatitis C was cured in 2017. Each time his doctors recommended a different combination of drugs, his insurer denied the initial request ...

Each year, about 15,000 Americans die from hepatitis C, many in their 40s and 50s. Given the safe and effective cure available for the last nine years, the correct number of deaths in 2023 should ...

The current cure rate falls far short of a national goal of curing at least 80 percent of people with hepatitis C by 2030, a CDC report notes. Accessibility statement Skip to main content.