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Plus: Study shows that cutting down on alcohol consumption can reduce cancer risk.

The pandemic also disrupted medical care and had an indirect effect on other causes of death.

Viral hepatitis is linked to adverse outcomes in pregnant people, underscoring the need for hepatitis B and C screening.

People with fatty liver disease and advanced fibrosis also had a greater incidence of diabetes.

The MAFLD criteria for diagnosis was linked to higher all-cause and cardiovascular mortality.

People under 50 who were cured of hepatitis C were at comparable risk to the general population.

Study finds that lean people with NAFLD had a higher risk for liver events, cancer and mortality.

One in five counties had an increase in deaths from hepatitis C, even as the nation experienced a general decline in mortality rates.

The decrease is largely due to improved lung cancer treatment, but the impact of COVID-19 is not yet known.

The hep C mortality reduction goal will not be met by any state, according to recent projections.

All-cause mortality rates were highest among those with NAFLD-related cirrhosis.

Researchers found that more than 700,000 fewer people would die if the per capita coffee consumption were four or more cups per day.

Only three states are expected to meet the 2030 goal.

Liver complications, heart disease and non-liver cancers also account for most deaths among people with hepatitis B or C.

Coinfection with all three viruses ramped up mortality risk nine times compared with having none of the viruses.

NAFLD is the leading indicator of mortality among Medicare beneficiaries with hepatocellular carcinoma.