11.   The public announcement Friday that county courts clerk Craig Zimmers has hepatitis C will shine further light on the disease, Carter says.

12.   The surgery was originally scheduled for last week but was postponed when doctors mistakenly concluded that Patterson had hepatitis C.

13.   They did some tests, and, lo and behold, I had hepatitis C.

14.   Allen is now HIV-positive and has hepatitis C.

15.   Castanon said she had hepatitis C and was seeking a new treatment available only in Miami or Barcelona, Spain.

16.   Doctors said Mantle also has hepatitis C and speculated that it was the result of blood transfusions he received during past athletic-related surgeries.

17.   He also had chronic hepatitis, the hospital statement said.

18.   He said he stopped last year when he found out he had hepatitis C.

19.   Singer Freddy Fender has hepatitis C and is being evaluated for a kidney transplant.

20.   The mother of two young boys with her ex-husband, former Motley Crue drummer Tommy Lee, Anderson disclosed in March that she has hepatitis C.