Essays on Hepatitis C

Imagine this: you visit your doctor for routine check-up, when he tells you there’s something concerning on your recent test. You have Hepatitis C. The doctor calms you, it’s not a death sentence. It’s very common: more than 3 million Americans have Hepatitis C. “If…

Interview Report – Preliminary Notes To begin with, while I’ve finally found time to do the first interview, I don’t mean it to be my final one, I’d like to do at least one or two more sessions with my interview subject. However, even in…

Hepatitis C is an infectious disease that disrupts the function of the human liver. It is perpetuated the hepatitis C virus (HCV), which is transmittable between people. HCV is spread by direct contact with the blood of an infected person. HCV may precipitate more severe…

Hepatitis C (HCV) is one of the main causes of chronic liver disease around the world. Worldwide, 3% of the population has HCV. In the United States over 2 million Americans are unaware that they have been infected with this silent, deadly disease. The prevalence…