Miami (AFP) – The number of hepatitis C infections have nearly tripled in the United States in the last five years, particularly among people in their 20s, researchers said Thursday.
The bloodborne virus is transmitted by injection drug use, dirty needles, blood transfusions and sex. Chronic infection can lead to cirrhosis or cancer of the liver.
Hepatitis C is the top infectious disease killer in the nation, taking nearly 20,000 lives in 2015, said the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Experts say the rise of the opioid epidemic, with increasing numbers of people sharing needles to inject heroin and prescription painkillers, is driving the increase in cases.
“New hepatitis C virus infections are increasing most rapidly among young people, with the highest overall number of new infections among 20- to 29-year-olds,” said a statement from the CDC. more here
I have one more hepatitis shot of three.
Kiss my nearly hepatitis ass libtards!
Third world immigrants! Is there anything they can’t do?! Guess who gets to pay for all the medical treatment. Going to be tough to turn around the $20T if we don’t stop importing disease poverty and crime. But I think those sentiments are bigoted or something, right? Good grief
We’re turning into such a low brow shitbag of a society now. There are literally millions of people in this country who are utterly useless lowlifes who serve absolutely no purpose and make everyone’s life worse by their shitty shoot-shit-in-their-arms or fuck-anything-that-moves existence.
All of the refugees obola brought in were “processed” in 15 seconds or less. This is outrageous!
We have a winner! Lance: took the words right out of my mouth!
1200 degrees. That will heal anything.
20,000? That’s a good start.
Wanna bet about 19,950 of them had EBT cards?
and the media does their damnedest to cover every violation infraction murder of immigrants, usually referring to them as “A Reston VA man” to some muzzie who just got off the boat and who lives in a Reston flophouse.
Here’s the latest on a “New Jersey man”:
http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/n-man-pcp-busted-masturbating-van-lincoln-tunnel-article-1.3159660