Europe is not doing enough to detect HIV, hepatitis, health authorities warn

Many European countries are falling behind on efforts to detect life-threatening diseases such as HIV and hepatitis, a new analysis has found.

In 2018, the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) issued new guidance on testing for HIV and hepatitis B and C in an effort to get people into treatment more quickly and prevent them from infecting others, given that it can take years for symptoms to emerge.

But in many…