Hepatitis C deaths on rise in Australia, syphilis makes comeback

By Larissa Nicholson
Updated September 18 2014 - 2:08am, first published 1:00am
Former sufferer Jen Anderson says drugs for treating hepatitis C should be subsidised. Photo: Justin McManus
Former sufferer Jen Anderson says drugs for treating hepatitis C should be subsidised. Photo: Justin McManus

More Australians are dying from the effects of hepatitis C than ever before, while the spread of syphilis has reached a record high.

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