Showing 759 news articles about Hepatitis C treatment

Filters Content type: Editors' picks Topic: Hepatitis C treatment

Direct-acting antiviral medicines interfere with different steps of the hepatitis C lifecycle. A combination of drugs may be co-formulated into a single pill. Modern treatment typically lasts for two or three months, usually does not cause side-effects and cures more than 95% of treated people.

WHO issues its first hepatitis C treatment guidelines

Editor's pick
World Health Organization
9 April 2014