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Rates of new hepatitis A and B infections in the U.S. have declined to the lowest levels ever recorded, largely because of routine childhood vaccination, according to new data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
But the news is not so good about hepatitis C, for which there is no vaccine.
In 2006, the latest year for which data is available, 3.2 million Americans were chronically infected with hepatitis C, which can cause liver cancer and is the most common reason for liver transplantation.
While the number of new infections was small, it has risen slightly each year since 2003.
