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Hepatitis C Cures Still Fail to Reach Most Americans Who Need Them – June 29, 2023
A new CDC report suggests the majority of people with hepatitis C still have not been cured nearly a decade after breakthrough treatments that clear the viral infection were first approved in the United States. The findings highlight the urgent need for a proposed national program that would end much of the suffering and death from hepatitis C by eliminating the disease in the United States.
Less than 1 in 3 people diagnosed with hepatitis C receive treatment within a year of diagnosis – August 9, 2022
A new CDC Vital Signs report finds that too few people diagnosed with hepatitis C are being treated, even though hepatitis C is curable.
Press Release | Comunicado de Prensa | MMWR | Graphics | Vital Signs
New estimates reveal declines in hepatitis C treatment initiation in the U.S. – November 8, 2021
CDC’s first estimates of hepatitis C treatment, presented at the 2021 American Association of the Study of Liver Disease (AASLD) meeting, show the number of people living with hepatitis C in the U.S. who initiated treatment with direct-acting antiviral agents (DAA) declined from 2015 to 2020.
Hepatitis C now heavily impacting multiple generations – April 9, 2020
Data emphasize importance of new CDC hepatitis C screening recommendations for all adults
Press release | MMWR | MMWR Recommendations & Report | Vital Signs
CDC Estimates Nearly 2.4 Million Americans Living with Hepatitis C – November 6, 2018
Nearly 2.4 million Americans – 1 percent of the adult population – were living with hepatitis C from 2013 through 2016, according to new CDC estimates. Data highlight urgent need to diagnose and cure more Americans and address rising infections due to opioid crisis.
Carolyn Wester, MD, MPH
Director, Division of Viral Hepatitis
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