Hepatitis C can be cured. So why aren't more people getting treatment?
A new CDC report finds that just a third of those diagnosed with hepatitis C have cleared the virus — a decade after a cure was made available.
Ten years ago, safe and effective treatments for hepatitis C became available.
These pills are easy-to-take oral antivirals with few side effects. They cure 95% of patients who take them. The treatments are also expensive, coming in at $20 to 25,000 dollars a course.
from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention finds
