Users of heroin and other intravenous drugs face dangers beyond addiction, prison, and overdose. Deadly blood-borne diseases, transmitted through shared needles, are rampant among IV drug users.
For the past several years, Barnstable County has led Massachusetts in the rate of new infections of Hepatitis C among people aged 15 to 25. An especially dangerous virus that attacks its host’s liver, often resulting in cirrhosis or cancer, Hepatitis C infected 344.3 of every 100,000 residents of Barnstable County in 2012, the latest year for which figures are available. The incidence rate for Plymouth, the second leading county, was 194.57.
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Friday, April 24, 2015
Thursday, April 16, 2015
Resurgence of hepatitis C in Mass.
The opioid epidemic that is killing hundreds of intravenous drug users who overdosed this year in the state has resulted in a Hepatitis C epidemic, according to state health officials.
Most of those drug users, they note, are people younger than 30 who probably used contaminated syringes.
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Most of those drug users, they note, are people younger than 30 who probably used contaminated syringes.
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Friday, March 20, 2015
HIV, Hepatitis C infections up in Marion Co.
INDIANAPOLIS - New infections of HIV and Hepatitis C increased dramatically from 2013 to 2014 among Marion County's young adult population, RTV6 has learned.
According to Marion County Health Department data, new Hepatitis C infections among people ages 20-24 increased by 120 percent between 2013 and 2014 – the latest year data was available for. Hepatitis C infections increased by 100 percent among people ages 25 to 34.
New HIV infections also increased 51 percent during that time frame in the 20-24 age group, and 32 percent among people 25-34.
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According to Marion County Health Department data, new Hepatitis C infections among people ages 20-24 increased by 120 percent between 2013 and 2014 – the latest year data was available for. Hepatitis C infections increased by 100 percent among people ages 25 to 34.
New HIV infections also increased 51 percent during that time frame in the 20-24 age group, and 32 percent among people 25-34.
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Wednesday, March 18, 2015
State health officials see spike in Hepatitis C cases
The Wisconsin Department of Health Services is seeing new cases of Hepatitis C among people under 30, a trend that mirrors a similar rise in heroin use among that age group.
The number of Hepatitis C cases reported for people under 30 is almost five times higher than it was roughly a decade ago, rising from 160 cases to 710 during that timespan.
"The trends of hepatitis C in young people and heroin overdoses and deaths are rising," said Sheila Guilfoyle, the viral hepatitis prevention coordinator with the state DHS.
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The number of Hepatitis C cases reported for people under 30 is almost five times higher than it was roughly a decade ago, rising from 160 cases to 710 during that timespan.
"The trends of hepatitis C in young people and heroin overdoses and deaths are rising," said Sheila Guilfoyle, the viral hepatitis prevention coordinator with the state DHS.
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