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Rural areas report rise in hepatitis C linked to opioid crisis
Public health officials warn of a new hepatitis C wave driven by prescription painkiller addiction and syringe use, with rural whites most affected. CDC data show jumps in young adults and central Appalachia, where opioid abuse and injecting drugs intersect, and HIV cases rising alongside.
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U.S
Centers For Disease Control and Prevention
Indiana
CDC
Kentucky
Tennessee
Virginia
West Virginia
Jon E. Zibbell
Appalachia
Zibbell
Stacey B. Tropskin
Drexel University