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An official estimate puts the number of Americans infected with chronic hepatitis C at 2.4 million, according to the U.S Department of Health and Human Services.
Hope For A Home [16] program, which includes both Foster Care and Adoption services to help children find a much needed home. Abuse & Neglect [17] service allows anyone who is dealing with abuse or neglect, or suspects someone is dealing with abuse or neglect, to report it. All it takes is a call to the number 855-444-3911.
The number of deaths from hepatitis C rose to 15,800 in 2008 [119] having overtaken HIV/AIDS as a cause of death in the US in 2007. [120] In 2014, it was the single greatest cause of infectious death in the United States. [121] This mortality rate is expected to increase, as those infected by transfusion before HCV testing become apparent. [122]
The department, as the Department of Commerce, was formed in 1965 by Section 225 of the Executive Organization Act of 1965, 1965 PA 380, MCL 16.325.The Michigan Department of Licensing and Regulation was abolished with most responsibilities transferred to the newly formed Department. [1]
Although HCV was not discovered until April 1989, [3] an estimated 170 million people worldwide are infected by hepatitis C. [4] As of April 2014, 130—150 million globally suffer from chronic hepatitis C infection; a significant number develop cirrhosis of the liver or liver cancer. Each year, 350,000 to 500,000 people die from hepatitis C ...
The hepatitis C virus (HCV) [3] is a small (55–65 nm in size), enveloped, positive-sense single-stranded RNA virus of the family Flaviviridae. The hepatitis C virus is the cause of hepatitis C and some cancers such as liver cancer ( hepatocellular carcinoma , abbreviated HCC) and lymphomas in humans.
Cascade is an unincorporated community in Marquette County in the U.S. state of Michigan. [1] The community is located within Richmond Township. As an unincorporated community, Cascade has no legally defined boundaries or population statistics of its own. The community was named from the presence of the Cascade Iron Mining Company in the area. [2]
A hepatitis C vaccine, a vaccine capable of protecting against the hepatitis C virus (HCV), is not yet available. Although vaccines exist for hepatitis A and hepatitis B, development of an HCV vaccine has presented challenges. [1] No vaccine is currently available, but several vaccines are currently under development. [2] [3]