CDC: Hepatitis C clearance rates well below national elimination goals

Hepatitis C virus clearance rates in all states fell well short of national elimination goals, a study published in MMWR showed.
As Healio previously reported last year, HCV cured or cleared rates were substantially low from 2013 to 2022, with only 34% of the more than 1.7 million people diagnosed with HCV considered to be cured.
According to Clarisse A. Tsang, MPH, from the CDC’s National Center for HIV, Viral Hepatitis, STD and TB Prevention, and colleagues, the HHS’ national HCV elimination goals for 2025 and 2030 call for at least 58% and 80% of people with HCV to achieve viral

Hepatitis C virus clearance rates in all states fell well short of national elimination goals, a study published in MMWR showed.
As Healio previously reported last year, HCV cured or cleared rates were substantially low from 2013 to 2022, with only 34% of the more than 1.7 million people diagnosed with HCV considered to be cured.
According to Clarisse A. Tsang, MPH, from the CDC’s National Center for HIV, Viral Hepatitis, STD and TB Prevention, and colleagues, the HHS’ national HCV elimination goals for 2025 and 2030 call for at least 58% and 80% of people with HCV to achieve viral