4 Reasons You Should Be Tested for Hepatitis C

Man gets tested for Hepaatitis C

You may be seeing more commercials and hearing more buzz about hepatitis C. What's the big deal? The epidemic is five times the size of the HIV epidemic. And recent scientific breakthroughs mean that there is now a cure for this often silent virus.

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Clinical Trial Leads to a Cure: David Njabulo Whiters Beats Hep C

 David Njabulo Whiters

While David Njabulo Whiters was working on his master's degree in social work in 1998, severe fatigue sent him to a doctor. Several tests later, he received a diagnosis of the hepatitis C virus (HCV).

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Conversation with CDC's Dr. John Ward at the 2015 Summit on HCV & HIV

John Ward, M.D., Director, Division of Viral Hepatitis, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Recently, I had the opportunity to speak with my colleague Dr. John Ward, Director of CDC's Division of Viral Hepatitis, during the 2015 National Summit on HCV and HIV Diagnosis, Prevention and Access to Care in Arlington, Virginia.

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Most U.S. Hepatitis C Infections May Be Missed: Study

Arthur Y. Kim, M.D., Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School; and Director, Viral Hepatitis Clinic, Division of Infectious Diseases, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Mass

New cases of hepatitis C are drastically underreported to federal officials, researchers contend in a new study.

And they suggested that may be hampering public health efforts to cope with the chronic infection that can lead to cirrhosis or liver cancer.

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