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Facts about hepatitis C, symptoms, risk factors and why you should be tested

Help find the “missing millions” who don’t know they’re living with viral hepatitis.

Their new campaign focuses on the importance of HCV testing for baby boomers and the increasing availability of treatment.

More newly diagnosed cancer patients should get tested, says a new study.

Analysts predict hepatitis testing could be worth nearly $6.9 billion by 2025.

At one hospital in Pittsburgh, the rate of pregnant women with hepatitis C seen for delivery rose 60 percent in eight years.

The Centers for Disease Control and Protection (CDC) recommends hepatitis B and C testing for everyone with HIV.

Primary care physicians and ob-gyns are the top clinicians ordering such tests.

The World Health Organization wants to see 90 percent of the world’s population screened for hepatitis C by 2030.

A look at the World Health Organization’s Progress Report On Access to Hepatitis C Treatment

The plan aims to increase treatment access and expand outreach programs to those most at risk of infection.

High rates of undiagnosed hepatitis C pose a major impediment to combating the virus worldwide.

Wisconsin and other states have seen a near doubling of women who test positive for hepatitis C during pregnancy.

But hepatitis C cases are on the decline.

Making a difference in California, one person at a time.

Eliminating HCV and HBV as public health threats in the United States is possible by 2030.