England set to be one of the first countries to eliminate hepatitis C

alistairSH

Interesting that it's just England (and not Scotland, Wales, or NI). I realize they all have independent NHSs, but still would assume a program like this would rolled out across all the constituent countries.

iLoveOncall

Literally nothing in the article points to it being eliminated, only reaching a target of diagnosing 90% of the cases, which doesn't do anything to eliminate it when a large number of cases comes from drug users which are unlikely to care very much about it.

renegade-otter

Good for you. We get explosive diarrhea as the prize in the States. Wanna trade?

kandros

My brain kept reading Erlang and I was pretty confusing

zelphirkalt

Just to understand this: When someone says "country England", do they mean "country" like in "nation", considering England a separate nation, or is it a lapse and they mean UK? Is England usually referred to as a country, or just part of a country? I usually think of a country as equal to a nation, and as far as I know, Wales and Scotland have not split off yet? Is the term "country" not actually that sharply defined? EDIT: Thanks people, I just asked a question to better understand the terminology, you know ...

Cockbrand

So will it be replaced by Hepatitis Rust for memory safety? (I'm sorry, and I'll see myself out, thanks)

shevy-java

The title shows a lack of understanding. BBC has become really low quality.

ck2

How can there not be a single sentence in that article HOW IS IT TREATED If it requires a vaccine you can be sure HEP C will be kept alive and well via MAHA in the US okay here is a much better article * https://www.england.nhs.uk/2026/08/100000-people-receive-tre... > "Treatment involves a free course of antiviral tablets lasting 8 to 12 weeks, which cures more than 95% of cases." must be nice to have a government that actually cares about its citizens health, we're still waiting DECADES for that Republican health care plan (other than "just die quietly")

thex10

I am glad they’re screening for it. I was born to someone who had the virus, but didn’t know I had Hep C myself until I submitted myself to an exceptionally thorough STI testing panel. I say exceptional, because the standard ones I’d done throughout college and early adulthood do not happen to include that particular test. So I feel a bit lucky to have been able to get diagnosed and treated in my mid-20s, before the disease could do much damage.

claudex

Now everyone is migrating to hepatitis Rust

b800h

We eliminated TB too. Then it came back.

geophile

Meanwhile, the USA is bringing back measles, mumps, rubella, Hep B, and lots of intestinal parasites. Back to the Future! MAGA!

ghastmaster

Second paraggraph: > The target of treating 80% of all known cases has already been met, and deaths from the virus have fallen by 36% in the last decade, just short of what is needed by 2030. What is needed by 2030? There is no mention prior to this statement. Later: > NHS England says that since 2015, more than 100,000 people have been diagnosed and treated for hepatitis C, meaning the country is already meeting that target. Again, what target are we talking about?? Much later: > Prof Frankie Swords, NHS national medical director, added: "England is now leading the world in the mission to eliminate this disease and on course to beat the WHO's 2030 target, but we are determined to keep up the momentum and finish the job. Finally a target! FUCK AI

lebuffon

Makes me wonder if this project is the reason for a slight downturn in Liver cancer from 2019 forward in the UK. https://crukcancerintelligence.shinyapps.io/CancerStatsDataH...

AdmiralAsshat

Introducing: Hepatitis C++

pyuser583

For a second, I thought Hepatitis C was some 1980s C dialect that had memory safety issues.

pyuser583

Wait is England a country or nation?

GuB-42

I guess someone complained about memory safety and they intend to rewrite hepatitis in Rust. Not everything has to be rewritten in Rust! Hepatitis is a virus, C is much better suited for that kind of project, Rust is for fungal diseases, not viruses.

mallory854

This is great news. Healthcare is such an asset in our pockets.

msarrel

What a funny headline. It has virtually nothing to do with the actual content of the article.