From USA Today: Hepatitis C in New England: What to know, obstacles to the cure:
Harriet Callahan was caught completely by surprise.
While visiting a doctor for arthritis a few years ago, a routine blood test revealed she had hepatitis C, one of the deadliest infectious diseases in the United States. Callahan, in her 70s, was told it was likely the viral infection had been living silently in her bloodstream for decades.
After two rounds of direct-acting antiviral treatment through the Brockton Neighborhood Health Center, Callahan was considered cured. Today she is “100% pleased” to be rid of it. Hepatitis C is one of the deadliest infectious diseases in the United States. But there’s a cure.
Read the full article at the Providence Journal: Hepatitis C in New England: What to know, obstacles to the cure.