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    Biden seeks billions to stop a killer: Hepatitis C

    by Emily Alpert Reyes, Los Angeles Times Mar 09, 2023 4 minutes
    Francis Collins testify before a Senate Appropriations Subcommittee looking into the budget estimates for National Institute of Health and the state of medical research on Capitol Hill, May 26, 2021 in Washington, DC.

    The Biden administration is seeking billions of dollars for a new push to wipe out hepatitis C, a virus that has continued to kill thousands of people annually in the U.S. despite the existence of extremely effective medications that can cure the infection within months.

    The five-year program, outlined as part of a broader budget proposal Thursday by White House officials, has been estimated to have a net cost of $5 billion over a decade, said Dr. Francis Collins, a special advisor to the president for special projects.

    It would require an upfront investment now estimated at more than $11 billion over five years, which Collins said would

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