The silent rise of hepatitis C: By the numbers (The Week)

[unable to retrieve full-text content]The Week - More than 3 million Americans are infected with the potentially fatal liver disease — and half of them don't even know itHepatitis C is officially more deadly to U.S. adults than HIV is, according to a new study from the Centers for Disease Control. Health experts are quite pleased with the country's falling HIV rates, but warn that these new figures prove the need for expanded screening methods for hepatitis C, a liver disease commonly spread through shared needles. Here, a look at the rise of America's new "silent" killer, by the numbers:

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