"Hepatitis C Deaths in U.S. Rose in 2014, but New Drugs Hold Promise"
Deaths from hepatitis C in the United States continued climbing in 2014, the CDC reported on Wednesday, but experts hope the trend will reverse over the next few years as more people with the virus receive highly effective new treatments. “We’ve been expecting a tsunami of liver cancer and cirrhosis that would crest right around now,” said Ira Jacobson, MD, chair of the department of medicine at Mount Sinai Beth Israel. “What I’m optimistic about is that we’re going to make a major dent in the mortality much sooner than we would have without these medications.” Learn more.