Hepatitis C — United States
Today, 25 Aug 2016, Alaska’s Division of Public Health released a report that reveals that hepatitis C (HCV) infections have been increasing statewide for the last 5 years with some regions increasing in their rate of young adult infection by as much as 270 percent.
The Section of Epidemiology tracks the number of HCV infections from 2011-2015 for this report, concluding that the number of HCV cases rose “considerably” across all age groups. However, the most significant rise in HCV
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