HCV

Government Issues

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control

estimate that approximately 5 million people in this country are infected with hepatitis C.  This is four times the number estimated for HIV/AIDS infection (and this doesn’t even include other liver diseases and conditions such as Hepatitis B and cirrhosis).  Yet, comparatively, liver disease research and education gets a pittance in terms of government funding. 

A study presented at the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases meeting concluded that long-term damage from hepatitis C infections alone may cost the U.S. economy more than $81 billion by 2019.