SAN FRANCISCO – Hepatitis C–associated deaths are now more common in the United States than HIV-related deaths, according to the Centers for Diseases Control and Prevention.
That’s not just due to improved awareness and treatment of HIV. As deaths from HIV have fallen since 1999 to under 13,000 a year, deaths associated with hepatitis C virus (HCV) have climbed to over 15,000. CDC expects that number to jump to about 35,000 annually within 20 years.
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