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Most with hepatitis C are still not cured
Breakthrough cures for hepatitis C fail to reach vast majority who need them
June 29, 2023 – Dr. Carolyn Wester, Director of CDC’s Division of Viral Hepatitis, discusses a CDC report that suggests most 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.
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