Studies suggest that more than 2 million Americans born between 1945 and 1965 may be living with hepatitis C, prompting U.S. health officials to recommend testing for the blood-borne virus. According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, hepatitis C claims more than 15,000 American lives every year. Most of these deaths are […]

Hepatitis C cases have been steadily increasing to claim more lives in the United States in recent years; and in many cases, patients do not even know they have the disease, a recent government report finds. Data reviewed by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) showed that from 1999-2007, more Americans have […]