Shiloh
Editor, Senior Moderator
Source: http://www.scpr.org/news/2012/06/11/32774/more-quarter-las-homeless-adults-have-hepatitis-c/
More than a quarter of LA?s homeless adults have hepatitis C
By Stephanie O'Neill | 6:20pm
Travelers Hotel
Mae Ryan/KPCC
A new study finds that more than a quarter of all homeless adults on L.A.?s skid row are infected with Hepatitis-C.
Listen Now
A new study finds that more than a quarter of all homeless adults on Los Angeles's Skid Row are infected with hepatitis C, a contagious liver disease that now kills more Americans than AIDS.
A UCLA survey of homeless who live on Skid Row found nearly 27 percent of them infected with hepatitis C, the most serious form of the virus. That?s more than 10 times the rate of infection among the general population nationwide...
More than a quarter of LA?s homeless adults have hepatitis C
By Stephanie O'Neill | 6:20pm
Travelers Hotel
Mae Ryan/KPCC
A new study finds that more than a quarter of all homeless adults on L.A.?s skid row are infected with Hepatitis-C.
Listen Now
A new study finds that more than a quarter of all homeless adults on Los Angeles's Skid Row are infected with hepatitis C, a contagious liver disease that now kills more Americans than AIDS.
A UCLA survey of homeless who live on Skid Row found nearly 27 percent of them infected with hepatitis C, the most serious form of the virus. That?s more than 10 times the rate of infection among the general population nationwide...