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Bay Area Reporter: “13,000 San Franciscans have Hep C”

An article was just published in The Bay Area Reporter, “13,000 San Franciscans have hep C, report says

“New estimates suggest that nearly 13,000 people in San Francisco are living with hepatitis C, with people who inject drugs, gay men, and baby boomers being disproportionately likely to carry the virus, according to a report from End Hep C SF.

“San Francisco is one of the only cities in the U.S. to have a robust estimate of how many people are living with hepatitis C,” End Hep C SF steering committee member Emalie Huriaux of Project Inform told the Bay Area Reporter.”  [Read more]