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AUGUST 8, 2023

More than 15,000 die each year

Most Americans With HCV Not Receiving DAAs

By Marie Rosenthal, MS
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Jonathan Mermin, MD

More than 2 million people in the United States have hepatitis C virus (HCV), and most of them have not received direct-acting antivirals (DAAs) that could cure most of these infections, according to a new report by the CDC.

The new data indicates “jarringly low numbers” of people with known HCV infection are being cured, said Carolyn Wester, MD, MPH, the director of the Division of Viral Hepatitis at the CDC (MMWR Morbid Mortal Wkly Rep