Hepatitis C killing more than HIV

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Posted: 02/22/2012

A new government study suggests more Americans die from Hepatitis C infection every year than from HIV.

Now the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are calling on expanded screenings.

About 3.2 million people in the U.S. are infected with Hepatitis C.

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