U.S. Could Be Rid of Hepatitis B and C as Public Health Problems, Preventing Nearly 90,000 Deaths by 2030
March 28, 2017
March 28, 2017
WASHINGTON, March 28 -- The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine issued the following news release:
Hepatitis B and C kill more than 20,000 people every year in the United States. A new report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine presents a strategy to eliminate these diseases as serious public health problems and prevent nearly 90,000 deaths by 2030.
"Viral hepatitis is simply not a sufficient priority in the . . .
Hepatitis B and C kill more than 20,000 people every year in the United States. A new report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine presents a strategy to eliminate these diseases as serious public health problems and prevent nearly 90,000 deaths by 2030.
"Viral hepatitis is simply not a sufficient priority in the . . .