Opinion: England and other nations are on the path toward eliminating hepatitis C. Why not the U.S.?

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In September, “Baywatch” star Pamela Anderson opened up about her hepatitis C diagnosis in the 1990s. “It was a death sentence,” she said while accepting the Award of Courage from amfAR, an organization supporting HIV/AIDS research and advocacy. When she was diagnosed, she said, her doctor told her that she might only live another 10 years.

Her story is a good reminder of the amount of global progress that has been made in preventing and treating hepatitis C in just the last decade — and how far the U.S. has to go to catch up to our European neighbors.

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