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A growing number of pregnant people are being diagnosed with hepatitis C amid a worsening opioid crisis — and a new study suggests that white and American Indian and Alaska Native individuals without college degrees are most at risk. By Lisa RapaportMedically Reviewed by Kara Leigh Smythe, MD
Reviewed: December 9, 2021 Medically Reviewed Hepatitis C is the most common blood-borne infection in the U.S.Oscar Wong/Getty Images More than twice as many pregnant people in the United States have Most of these infections are caused by the use of needles contaminated with hepatitis C to inject These cases also appear to rise in lockstep with unemployment and the lack of accessible or affordable healthcare — systemic issues that are much more likely to negatively impact people without college degrees, Patrick says.For example, a NEWSLETTERS
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