After people started testing positive for hepatitis C in a coastal Florida town in December, state officials collected blood from patients, wrapped their specimens in dry ice and mailed them straight… [+10646 chars]
In the middle of a hepatitis outbreak, U.S. shutters the one CDC lab that could help - NPR
All 27 scientists at the CDC's viral hepatitis lab were told their duties were "unnecessary." Ongoing outbreak investigations have now been halted.
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