Cocaine Use and Hepatitis C Infection: What’s the Link?
Although the World Health Organization (WHO) has set a goal to significantly reduce HCV-related morbidity and mortality rates by 2030, HCV continues to pose a major public health threat.
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Women of Reproductive Age: An Important Opportunity to Curtail the HCV Epidemic
Investigators found data from the National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System that showed hepatitis C virus infection rates doubled among women of reproductive age between 2006 and 2014.
Alternative Hepatitis Testing Tools Facilitate WHO’s Goal of Hepatitis Elimination
Researchers found data that showed initiatives to test for hepatitis are vital to decrease infections because many patients remain asymptomatic for years, which is when chronic infection leads to complications.
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