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The thrill of curing hepatitis C and the pain of watching the disease surge with opioid abuse

  • Written by Anna Suk-Fong Lok, Professor of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan
Hepatitis C rates have risen in the U.S. as drug use and opioid abuse have risen. By Zephyr_p/shutterstock.com

When I began my medical career in Hong Kong in the early 1980s, I chose to focus on hepatitis B, in part because it was very common and because the hepatitis C virus had not yet been discovered. I witnessed the devastation that this virus...

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