Alarming trend: Antiviral therapy to treat hepatitis C is declining in the US
Tuesday, November 24, 2009 - 09:28
in Health & Medicine
Researchers have determined that only 663,000 of the approximately 3.9 million Americans with hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection received antiviral therapy between 2002 and 2007. If this disturbing trend continues, by 2030 less than 15 percent of liver-related deaths from HCV will be prevented by antiviral therapy.