blog.aids.gov − Medicare Protects You on World Hepatitis Day and Every Day

blog.aids.gov − Medicare Protects You on World Hepatitis Day and Every Day

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Medicare Protects You on World Hepatitis Day and Every Day

07/29/2014 05:07 PM EDT

Did you know that hepatitis, an inflammation of the liver caused by a virus, affects millions of people worldwide, resulting in acute and chronic liver disease and killing close to 1.4 million people every year? Hepatitis is contagious. For example, the Hepatitis B virus spreads through contact with the blood or other body fluids of...