Underreporting Of Hepatitis C Infections Affecting Public Health Efforts.

reports a study published June 29 in the Annals of Internal Medicine suggests that “new cases of hepatitis C are drastically underreported to federal officials.” The study, conducted at the Viral Hepatitis Clinic at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, also suggested that the lack of reporting “may be hampering public health efforts to cope with the chronic infection that can lead to cirrhosis or liver cancer.” http://consumer.healthday.com/public-health-information-30/centers-for-disease-control-news-120/majority-of-u-s-hepatitis-c-cases-may-be-unreported-study-700885.html