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Hepatitis Increasingly Goes along with Heroin Abuse

Posted on August 24, 2015

Blog: National Association of County & City Health Officials (NACCHO)

As reported by the Associated Press on August 19, public health agencies and drug treatment centers nationwide are scrambling to battle an explosive increase in cases of hepatitis C, an outbreak they believe stems from a surge in intravenous heroin use. In response, some local authorities are advocating for needle exchange programs for the first time. But […]

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