By Tom Rosenthal
SAN FRANCISCO—Only one-third of U.S. adolescents and young adults with opioid use disorder (OUD) were screened for hepatitis C virus (HCV) and only 10% of the teenagers and young adults tested for OUD were also tested for HIV, according to the results of a study of a large national sample.
“We’re missing an opportunity to identify and treat young people who are at risk for this deadly infection,” said Rachel L. Epstein, MD, MA, lead author of the study and