To date, hepatitis C (HCV) was believed to be almost exclusively transmitted through direct contact with infected blood. Scientists in Bern now demonstrated that the most likely cause of the epidemic increase in infections in specific groups of people is sexual transmission.

These are the main results of an international study involving more than 50,000 adults on 4 continents, published in the renowned medical journal The Archives of Internal Medicine in April 2012, together with an editorial and an online interview of Prof. Dr. med. Nicolas Rodondi from Inselspital, Bern.

Parents of infants born prematurely are under a great deal of stress. Bern University Hospital is to offer a special programme sourced from the USA that prepares them for the challenges ahead.