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-CDC Urges Hepatitis C Test for Baby Boomers (CBS News) "All adults born between 1945 and 1965 should get a blood test to see if they have hepatitis C, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said in draft recommendations issued Friday." 05-12
-The Most Deadly Infectious Disease (CBS News) "Hepatitis C now kills more people in the United States than every other infectious disease combined, according to new government data."
"The report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found that deaths associated with hepatitis C reached an all-time high of 19,659 in 2014, surpassing the total combined number of deaths from 60 other infectious diseases reported to CDC, including HIV, pneumococcal disease, and tuberculosis."
" 'This is a very alarming trend,' Dr. John W. Ward, director of CDC's Division of Viral Hepatitis, told CBS News."
"Approximately 3.5 million Americans are currently living with hepatitis C and about half are unaware of their infection." 05-16
-WHO Report: One Third of World Has Hepatitis (CBS News) "Hepatitis takes a huge toll on health. More than two billion people - roughly one-third of the entire world population - is infected with one of the viruses that causes the potentially deadly liver disease, according to a new estimate from the World Health Organization."
"Tragically, most people infected with one of the viruses that cause hepatitis don't know they're infected. That increases the risk that they will unwittingly transmit the virus to other people.” 05-12
Hepatitis (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) Provides fact sheets for Hepatitis viruses A, B, C, D, and E. 5-00
Hepatitis A Information (Centers for Disease Control) Provides basic facts about prevention, prevalence and treatment. 1-04
Hepatitis B Information (Centers for Disease Control) Provides basic facts about prevention, prevalence and treatment. 1-04
Hepatitis C (HCV) Fact Sheet (Centers for Disease Control) Provides basic facts about prevention, prevalence and treatment. 1-04
Hepatitis C (HCV) Pamphlets (Centers for Disease Control) Provides basic facts about prevention, prevalence and treatment. 1-04
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