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Hepatitis C remains prominent among injection drug users
Date: 2011-02-02 00:00:00

While injection drug users may be contracting HIV at lower rates than they did two decades ago, they are receiving positive hepatitis C tests just as frequently as ever. These are the findings of a new study published in the Journal of Infectious Disease.... Full Story

Researchers develop possible hepatitis C vaccine
Date: 2011-02-24 00:00:00

A new vaccine being developed by a team of researchers from the University of Copenhagen in Denmark may reduce the number of positive hepatitis C tests in the future. They are reporting one of the first successful trials in inoculating animals against the disease.... Full Story

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