New hepatitis C infections triple due to opioid epidemic
New hepatitis C virus infections in the United States nearly tripled between the years 2010 and 2015. The number of new nationally reported infections with the virus swelled from 850 in 2010 to 2,436 cases in 2015, with the highest rates among young people, mainly 20- to 29-year-olds, who inject drugs, according to a new report released Thursday by the