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‘Light bulb moment’: New approach to treating Hep C postpartum a success in St. Louis

A new “meds to beds” program at Barnes-Jewish Hospital dispenses Hepatitis C medication to women before they are discharged after giving birth (Getty Images)
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The number of Hepatitis C infections in pregnancy increased tenfold from 2000 to 2019. Legislative solutions helped paved the way for a new ‘meds to beds’ program at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis that’s bringing better access to a cure