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As the Midwest’s heroin epidemic escalates, business leaders and health advocates have started taking matters into their own hands.

The Southern rock star was diagnosed with hepatitis C in 2007 and had a late-life liver transplant in 2010.

5 fun ways to learn more about liver disease and viral hepatitis.

Delaware state health authorities warn that anyone inked at William Smiley’s home studio could be at risk for an infection.

Another explanation for hep C among baby boomers

Pamela Anderson is cured of hepatitis C.

In 2002, the Baywatch actress revealed she contracted hep C in the late ’90s after sharing a tattoo needle with her then-husband Tommy Lee.

Arm yourself with these facts before you go under the needle.

Hep C can be transmitted through tattooing and piercing if proper infection-control practices are not followed.

City officials insist the updated rules would both prevent ’serious health risks’ and protect public from permanent consequences and regrets

More than 3 million people are living with hepatitis C in the United States--and most of them aren’t aware of their status.

I immediately began researching and learning everything I could about the disease, trying to learn what was in store for me.

More than two thirds of people living with hepatitis C were born between 1946 and 1965 and were likely infected in the 1960s, 70s and 80s.

Why get tested for hepatitis C? Because you love your liver. If you’ve never thought about your liver in these terms, you probably should.

People who have chronic hepatitis C, and are aware of it, can take steps to slow disease progression and help the liver resist damage.