General Information

• Guidelines for Prevention and Treatment of Opportunistic Infections in HIV-Infected Adults and Adolescents (CDC, National Institutes of Health, and HIV Medicine Association of the Infectious Diseases Society of America)
• Guidelines for Prevention and Treatment of Opportunistic Infections among HIV-Exposed and HIV-Infected Children (AIDSInfo)

Selected Recent Articles

• Hepatitis C infection and reinfection among men who have sex with men need higher priority, US and European studies show.  (September 2016, AIDSmap)
• HCV treatment is effective and may work as prevention for people who inject drugs.  (September 2016, AIDSmap)
• Overdose Prevention is a Viral Hepatitis Prevention Responsibility.  (August 2016, NASTAD Blog)
• High HCV Levels in 33% of Semen Samples From Men with HIV and HCV.  (September 2016, HIV Treatment Alerts/TheBodyPro)
• What Passage of the Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act (CARA) Means for HIV and Hepatitis Programs.  (August 2016, NASTAD Blog)
• Mother-to-Child Transmission of Hepatitis C Often Remains Undetected.  (August 2016, Hepmag)
• HCV
• Hepatitis C Prevention for People Who Inject Drugs.  (July/August 2016, Positively Aware)
• Increased Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) Detection in Women of Childbearing Age and Potential Risk for Vertical Transmission – United States and Kentucky, 2011–2014.  (July 2016, MMWR)
• EASL 2016 Roundup: The big news from the recent European liver conference.  (May 2016, Poz)
• Portland Nonprofit Distributes Free Meth Pipes to Combat Hepatitis C and HIV.  (May 2016, Hepmag)
• Let’s Not Forget ‘Prevention as Prevention.’  (April 2016, Hepmag)
• Looks Like Boomers Didn’t Get Hepatitis C from Youthful Drug Use After All.  (April 2016, Poz)
• A third of MSM with HIV/HCV co-infection have HCV in their semen.  (April 2016, AIDSmap)
• Health Authorities Investigate Hepatitis Cases Linked to West Virginia Heart Clinic.  (March 2016, Hepmag)
• HCV prevalent in semen of MSM with HIV; anal infection likely.  (March 2016, Healio)
• In Drug-Theft Scandal, Two More Hospitals Urge Patients to Test for HIV and Hepatitis.  (March 2016, Poz)
• U.S. Senate passes comprehensive bill to fight drug addiction. (March 2016, Poz)
• A Massive Scale-Up of Hep C Treatment Among Injection Drug Users is Needed to Reap a Prevention Benefit.  (March 2016, Hepmag)
• What’s Love Got to Do With It? Exploring How Intimate Relationships With Men Impact Women Who Inject Drugs and Their Vulnerability for Hep C and HIV.  (Spring 2016, CATIE)
• Acute Hep C Infection is Linked With Sexual Behavior Among HIV-Positive Gay Men. (March 2016, Poz)
• Networks of HCV transmissions among persons who inject drugs: Indiana, 2015.  (February 2016, Retrovirus Conference); related coverage from MedPage Today.
• Sexual Transmission of HCV: News from the AASLD Liver Meeting, November 2015.  (February 2016, Project Inform)
• U.S. syringe funding ban impedes HIV and hepatitis C prevention.  (December 2015, AIDSmap)
• Could the HIV Treatment-as-Prevention Model Work for Hepatitis C?  (December 2015, TheBody)
• Hepatitis C May Transmit Sexually From Rectum Without Blood.  (November 2015, Hepmag)
• HCV transmission during anal sex may happen without blood, study in HIV/HCV coinfected men finds.  (November 2015, AIDSmap)
• Poor Results for New Syringe Designed to Curb Hep C Spread.  (November 2015, Hepmag)
• Thousands Possibly Exposed to Hepatitis C at Utah Hospital.  (November 2015, Hepmag)
• User-Driven Syringe Exchange is Best Model to Reduce HIV and Hepatitis C.  (October 2015, Beta Blog)
• Opioid Substitution Therapy Reduces Hepatitis C Risk.  (October 2015, Hepmag)
• Emergency needle exchange in Indiana reduces HIV and HCV risk for people who inject drugs.  (October 2015, AIDSmap)
• Opioid substitution therapy, especially in combination with needle exchange, reduces transmission of hepatitis C.  (October 2015, AIDSmap)
• Treating 5% of People With Hepatitis C in U.S. Cheaper and Better at Reducing New Cases.  (October 2015, Hepmag)
• 67 Pharma Workers Tested for HIV and Hepatitis After Flu Shot Snafu.  (October 2015, Hepmag)
• Cost of comprehensive global viral hepatitis prevention and treatment effort might peak at $11 billion in 2025.  (September 2015, AIDSmap)
• Gay and Bi Men With HIV See Rising Sexually Transmitted Hep C.  (September 2015, Poz)
• BOOM!Health Cited as Model for Harm Reduction.  (August 2015, Hepmag)
• Health Care-Related Hepatitis C Outbreaks Linked to Tampering.  (August 2015, Hepmag)
• Preventing and treating viral hepatitis in people living with HIV is key focus of IAS 2015.  (July 2015, International AIDS Society)
• Treating Hep C Halves New Cases Among UK Gay Men.  (June 2015, Hepmag)
• High Drug Use in HIV-Negative Gay Men With Acute HCV, but HCV Screening Low.  (June 2015, TheBodyPro)
• Hepatitis C treatment could halve HCV transmission among gay men in UK over 10 years.  (June 2015, AIDSmap)
• Risk Factors for Hep C Acquisition Among HIV-Positive Gay Men.  (April 2015, Hepmag)
• HCV sexual transmission linked to anal sex, drug use, lower CD4 count.  (March 2015, AIDSmap)
• Spike in Heroin Use Spurs AIDS Center to Promote Its Needle Exchange.  (March 2015, Hepmag)
• WHO Calls for Universal Use of Smart Syringes by 2020.  (March 2015, Poz)
• PrEP Users Sexually Acquired Hep C Suggests Need for Routine Testing.  (February 2015, Hepmag)
• Reducing the Frequency of Needle Sharing Can Help Prevent HCV.  (January 2015, Hepmag)
• Pregnant Women With Hep C Have 6% Chance of Passing Virus to Baby.  (January 2015, Hepmag)
• HCV prevention campaigns need to focus on reducing frequency of injecting drug use involving sharing of equipment.  (January 2015, AIDSmap)
• More Evidence That HIV-Negative Gays Contract Hep C Via Sex.  (December 2014, Poz)
• Injecting Pain Pills Is 5 Times Riskier for Hep C Than Using Heroin. (October 2014, Hepmag)
• HIV-Negative Gay Men May Acquire Hepatitis C Sexually.  (September 2014, Poz)
• Scottish Harm Reduction Program Scale-up Lowers Hep C Cases.  (September 2014, Hepmag)
• Expanded harm reduction provision achieves impressive reductions in HCV incidence among PWID in Scotland.  (August 2014, AIDSmap)
• Is $1 Enough for Viral Hepatitis Prevention?  (August 2014, Hepmag)
• Donors Only Reaching 7% of Global Harm Reduction Needs.  (August 2014, Poz)
• Program for Drug-Using Couples Lowers Hep C and Risky Sex Rates.  (August 2014, Poz)
• Hepatitis C Transmits Sexually in HIV-Positive Gay Men.  (June 2014, Poz)
• HIV Transmission Bottleneck Offers Clue to HCV Epidemic in HIV+ MSM. (March 2014, NATAP)
• HIV and Hepatitis C Transmission Routes Are Closely Linked.  (February 2014, Poz)
• Dried Hep C Can Live on Surfaces for Up to Six Weeks.  (December 2013, Poz)
• Hepatitis C virus dried on inanimate surfaces can remain infectious for up to six weeks.  (December 2013, AIDSmap)
• After diagnosis of hepatitis C, some gay men willing to consider risk-reduction practices.  (November 2013, AIDSmap)
• Sofosbuvir taken before or after liver transplant reduces hepatitis C recurrence.  (November 2013, AIDSmap)
• HCV reinfection is common among HIV-positive gay men in Europe.  (October 2013, AIDSmap)
• Eastern Europe facing quadruple epidemic while governments do nothing, warns UN Special Envoy.  (October 2013, AIDSmap)