HCV and Telehealth

Following is a summary of the article titled “Oregon gets $7.5M US grant to treat HCV with telehealth, peer support”. Note, state agencies, LiverRight can help build/execute a version of this for HCV, too, and all forms of adult liver disease. A three-year program in...

HCV and Incarcerated Populations

Here’s a summary on the article “With Hepatitis C, We Are Only as Healthy as Our Jails” (Harvard Law Petrie-Flom Center, October 6 2025), by Rachel Talamo– 🩸 The Core Argument The essay argues that eliminating Hepatitis C (HCV) in the United States is impossible...

Hello, CORE

Here’s a summary of the article “Simple blood test predicts liver disease years before symptoms,” from ScienceDaily.First: A CORE blood test refers to the newly developed Cirrhosis Outcome Risk Estimator (CORE), a risk score that predicts the 10-year risk of severe...

HBV Vaccine: The Why

Today’s WSJ article is noteworthy: “Hep-B Is the Only Vaccine Given at Birth. Why Doctors Say It Can’t Wait. The vaccine has virtually eliminated childhood infections of a disease that doesn’t only transmit through drugs or sex.” Key Points In the...

Word Choice: Liver Disease

We see many hospital systems that want the American consumer (aka patient) to know the word “hepatology” to find a liver disease provider.However–The word “hepatology” is uncommon, appearing around 0.01 times per million words in modern...