Opioid crisis trims U.S. life expectancy, boosts hepatitis C: CDC
CHICAGO (Reuters) - The opioid crisis is rippling through the U.S. healthcare system, causing a spike in rates of hepatitis C related to increased opioid injections and reducing overall life expectancy among Americans, which has fallen for the second year in a row, U.S. health officials said on Thursday.
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December 21, 2017
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