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By Tracee Cornforth, About.com Guide to Women's Health since 1997

The Greatest Public Health Threat of Our Time

Wednesday April 26, 2006
Did you know that over 200 million people worldwide are infected with Hepatitis C or HCV? According to former U.S. Surgeon General Dr. C. Everett Koop, this makes Hepatitis C "one of the greatest public health threats faced in this century, and perhaps one of the greatest threats to be faced in the next century." Hepatitis C will soon kill more people each year than AIDS.

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