The once tough-to-treat liver infection hepatitis C could become a rare disease in the United States in the next two decades, a new study estimates.
Hepatitis C, a viral infection that harms the liver, is usually passed through infected blood. For most people, the infection becomes chronic and it can eventually lead to scarring of the liver (cirrhosis) or liver cancer.
U.S. health officials estimate that over 3 million Americans currently have chronic hepatitis C -- most of whom don't know it because the infection usually causes no symptoms. (The Charlottesville Newsplex) Read more...
