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)