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PRO/AH/EDR> Hepatitis C – USA (02): (NC) injection drug use

Hepatitis C -- United StatesA man used injected drugs in the 1980s. Years later, the 57-year-old from Greensboro, North Carolina, started feeling sick, fatigued, and foggy. When he went to the doctor in 2000, he was shocked to find out that he was infected with hepatitis C. His situation is not unique. An increasing number of North Carolinians live with hepatitis C, many of whom are unaware they are infected. In response to a dramatic statewide spike in hepatitis C infections fueled by the opioid Read more [...]