Are you interested in being part of a treatment study to help clear COVID-19? If you meet the requirements, we encourage you to reach out to our contact coordinator and sign-up for this study! More information here: ow.ly/w6yG50Ad1Dp @UHNPatientExp #WeAreInThisTogether

Interferon shown to speed COVID-19 recovery in Toronto study /via The Globe and Mail theglobeandmail.com/canada/article…

theglobeandmail.com/canada/article… Led by @jjfeld and colleagues University Health Network #TCLD and @UofTGastro Department of Medicine University of Toronto. Interferon lambda decreases viral load and improves recovery in persons with COVID-19!

Nice to finally get the data out. Interferon lambda works well for outpatients with Covid-19- especially those with high viral loads - the group most likely to get sick and to spread the infection to others...more to come

World Viral Hepatitis Testing Day. Great to see President Donald J. Trump highlight the importance of testing - the first step to get to elimination. Time for leaders everywhere to get behind this! Calling on Justin Trudeau to be next!

Took a while but fantastic to see the White House taking an active role in Hep C elimination. Francis Collins leading the way.

I just supported #ShowYourFace on WHD on @ThunderclapIt // World Hepatitis Alliance thndr.me/sPdDgT

Margaret Hellard reminding us that people who inject drugs are not hard to reach, just easy to ignore HIV-Hepatitis Coinfection meeting

Lancet: disproving the Cochrane skepticism on the clinical benefits of an SVR with DAA in hepatitis C thelancet.com/journals/lance…

WHO to present landmark HIV drug resistance report unveiling new action plan, guidelines at 17:00; launch new #HIVselftest report at 17:00;

Drug prices still a challenge to HCV elimination but coming down...Andrew Hill at IAS-Coinfection meeting

If only we could all get the drugs this cheaply...but not the only challenge to HCV elimination. Andrew Hill at IAS-coinfection meeting

Research never ends...we're not done even in HCV yet - JM Pawlotsky at IAS-coinfection meeting

Moving on from HCV to Zika and MERS coronavirus - JM Pawlotsky continues to drive the antiviral agenda

Viral hepatitis can & must be eliminated. #ShowYourFace on #WorldHepatitisDay to stop 1.34mil deaths per year #NOhep thndr.me/zWeyBY

It's World Hepatitis Day! If you were born from 1945 to 1975 - you should be tested for Hep C. We can only cure those we diagnose.