The Relationship Between the Opioid Epidemic and the Transmission of Hepatitis C in Rural Areas and Prisons

By Manav Musunuru   Introduction The United States has been battling multiple waves of the opioid epidemic since the mid-1990s.1 In 2021, almost 26 deaths out of every 100,000 Americans were attributed to some type of opioid — whether it be prescription, heroin, or synthetic — a sharp rise from 3 deaths per 100,000 in […]