Upsurge in HCV Deaths Despite New Treatments Hepatitis C mortality in U.S. outstrips mortality from other notifiable infectious causes

In fact, annual HCV-associated deaths have surpassed the total number of deaths linked to the other 60 nationally notifiable infectious diseases combined, according to Scott Holmberg, MD,MPH, of the CDC's Division of Viral Hepatitis in Atlanta. http://www.medpagetoday.com/MeetingCoverage/IDWeek/54065?xid=nl_mpt_DHE_2015-10-14&eun=g721819d0r