World Hepatitis Day 2022

July 28th is World Hepatitis Day. It’s an annual day of awareness for the virus, and recognition for the 354 million people affected by viral hepatitis worldwide. The CDC says one million people die from hepatitis each year. And while deaths from other viruses like HIV and tuberculosis are dropping, deaths from hepatitis are going up.

At Hunter Health, we test all pregnant women for hepatitis B and C, and all adults for hepatitis C as part of our commitment to fully-encompassing care. Everyone will take the blood test at least once, we test patients at high risk for hepatitis multiple times. In addition, we began new treatment just last year that has already cured over a dozen patients with hepatitis C.