Two healthcare-associated transmissions of hepatitis C occurred in the U.S. during routine surgeries in recent years, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: one in New Jersey in ...

Test results have affirmed that hepatitis C transmission did occur at a now-closed medical office in Santa Barbara, Calif., due to infection control lapses, according to the Santa Barbara County ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The rate of vertical hepatitis C transmission is nearly 25% higher than commonly assumed, according to a ...

HealthDay News — Sharing snorting straws for noninjection drug use may be a source for hepatitis C virus (HCV) transmission, according to research published in the August issue of Obstetrics & ...

Hepatitis C, a liver-damaging viral infection, is on the rise in the United States, in large part because of the opioid crisis. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the number ...

Insight provides an in-depth look at health care issues in and affecting California. Have a story suggestion? Let us know. Last week, an Ohio man who has the hepatitis C virus was sentenced to 18 ...