Millions of Americans with hepatitis C still remain untreated, analysis reveals

https://www.news-medical.net/news/20260421/Millions-of-Americans-with-hepatitis-C-still-remain-untreated-analysis-reveals.aspx?utm_source=news_medical_newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=dermatology_newsletter_29_april_2026 Millions of Americans are still battling potentially deadly hepatitis C even though they could be cured with antiviral drugs they are not receiving, a new analysis reveals. University of Virginia School of Medicine researcher Sanjay Kishore, MD, and colleagues at Mass General Brigham looked at prescribing trends for the drugs, known as direct-acting antivirals. They found that prescriptions rose rapidly when the drugs were first introduced in 2013, then peaked in 2015. After that, use began to decline and has fallen sharply in recent years.