Hepatitis C

Hepatitis C Drug Shows Encouraging Results In Study

Reuters | Posted 04.19.2012

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(Adds details on other studies, analyst comment, background) April 19 (Reuters) - An experimental hepatitis C drug acquired by Gilead ...

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Police Arrest 29 At Capitol For Protesting Clean Needle Exchange Ban

HuffingtonPost.com | Lucia Graves | Posted 03.21.2012

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WASHINGTON -- During a demonstration Wednesday against the federal ban on clean needle exchange programs, a total of 29 AIDS activists were arrested a...

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'Silent Epidemic' Affecting Baby Boomers

AP | By LAURAN NEERGAARD | Posted 02.21.2012

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WASHINGTON -- Deaths from liver-destroying hepatitis C are on the rise, and new data shows baby boomers especially should take heed – they are m...

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Jon Secada Joins Hepatitis C Awareness Campaign

AP | By LAURA WIDES-MUNOZ | Posted 02.16.2012

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MIAMI -- Three-time Grammy winner Jon Secada wishes his father hadn't kept his chronic hepatitis C diagnosis a secret. The Cuban-American singer-song...

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Stopping America's Silent Killer: Viral Hepatitis

Rep. Mike Honda | Posted 01.07.2012

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By Congressman Michael Honda (D-Calif.) and Senator John Kerry (D-Mass.) There's a silent killer loose in America. It is viral hepatitis, and it con...

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Killing Us Softly: What Americans Don't Know & Why It Will Kill Them

Rep. Mike Honda | Posted 08.07.2011

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For too long, viral hepatitis, an epidemic that doesn't necessarily make headlines, has steadily and silently affected the lives of millions of Americans.

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Hepatitis C Drug Incivek Approved By FDA

AP | MARLEY SEAMAN | Posted 07.23.2011

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NEW YORK — The Food and Drug Administration approved Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc.'s hepatitis C drug Incivek on Monday, making it the second new ...

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Clinic Reuses Flu Shot Syringes On Kids

CBS4 Denver | Posted 06.14.2011

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FORT COLLINS, Colo. (CBS4) -- Parents whose children got flu shots at a clinic in Fort Collins are being told their children should be tested for bloo...

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Harm Reduction Action Center Seeks To Curtail Disease In Injection Drug User Community

Posted 05.25.2011

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Last year, in a move applauded by many public health experts, the Colorado Legislature passed a law approving syringe exchange programs in the state....

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New Hope For Hepatitis C

AP | LAURAN NEERGAARD | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — There's new hope for an overlooked epidemic: Two powerful drugs are nearing the market that promise to help cure many more people of li...

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Kristen Parker Hep-C Case: Lawsuit Alleges

The Denver Post | Felisa Cardona | Posted 05.25.2011

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Eighteen years before surgery scrub technician Kristen Parker infected 18 patients at Rose Medical Center with hepatitis C, another employee infected ...

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A Personal Plea for Better HIV & Hepatitis Prevention Policy

Christopher Kennedy Lawford | Posted 11.17.2011

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It is time for California to catch up with the rest of the world on making clean syringes accessible. We have that option through two good bills that Governor Schwarzenegger should sign.

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Adam Montoya Died In Agony: Perkin Prison Inmate Begged For Help, Witnesses Say

AP | DAVID MERCER | Posted 05.25.2011

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PEKIN, Ill. — For days before he died in a federal prison, Adam Montoya pleaded with guards to be taken to a doctor, pressing a panic button in ...

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Alejandro Escovedo Talks About His New Album, Street Songs of Love

Holly Cara Price | Posted 05.25.2011

The tenth solo album by Alejandro Escovedo, Street Songs of Love, will be released on Tuesday, June 29. The same night he'll stride on stage at the fi...

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Kristen Parker, Surgical Tech, Gets 30 Years For Infecting Patients With Hepatitis

AP | Jennifer Brown | Posted 05.25.2011

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DENVER — A surgery technician who infected about three dozen people with hepatitis C after she injected herself with painkiller-filled syringes ...

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Kristen Diane Parker Chargers Dropped: Judge Drops 20 Charges As Part Of Plea Deal

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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DENVER — A federal judge has dismissed 28 charges against a surgery technician as part of an agreement with prosecutors in the case where the wo...

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Diane Kristen Parker Sentence REJECTED; Judge Says His Sentencing Prerogative Restricted As More Victims Found

7 News | Posted 05.25.2011

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DENVER -- A sentencing deal for the drug-addicted surgery technician who infected three dozen people with hepatitis C has been rejected. A federal ...

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Diane Kristen Parker Sentence REJECTED; Judge Says His Sentencing Prerogative Restricted As More Victims Found

7 News | Posted 05.25.2011

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DENVER -- A sentencing deal for the drug-addicted surgery technician who infected three dozen people with hepatitis C has been rejected. A federal ...

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Kristen Diane Parker

AP | P. SOLOMON BANDA | Posted 05.25.2011

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DENVER — A surgery technician who infected three dozen people with hepatitis C and may have exposed thousands of others by switching used syring...

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Repealing Federal Strictures Against Needle Exchange Programs: A Much-needed Shot in the Arm

Gabor Maté | Posted 05.25.2011

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News that Congress is on the verge of repealing federal strictures against needle exchange programs serves well, as a much-needed shot in the arm for humane, science-based drug addiction policies.

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Hepatitis C Outbreak: Hundreds Who May Have Been Exposed By Delinquent Nurse Still Need Testing

The Denver Post | Posted 05.25.2011

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Four months after a terrorizing and high- profile hepatitis C outbreak linked to hospital drug theft, hundreds of patients who might have been exposed...

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Plea Deal Struck In Case Against Scrub Tech

CBS4Denver | CBS 4 Denver | Posted 05.25.2011

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A plea deal apparently has been struck in the case of a Colorado surgery technician accused of swapping her dirty syringes for ones filled with...

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Kristen Diane Parker, Scrub Technician, Causes Major Hepatitis Scare In Colorado

AP | P. SOLOMON BANDA | Posted 05.25.2011

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DENVER — Kimberly Spencer's 9-year-old son went to Audubon Ambulatory Surgery Center last month for what was supposed to be a routine surgery. T...

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New York Midnight Heroes

The Huffington Post | Stephanie Harnett | Posted 11.17.2011

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Terrell Jones can't be tired. It's midnight on a Saturday, but he must wipe the sleep out of his eyes because his night is just beginning. Jones is ...

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Chinese Hospital Infects 64 With Hepatitis

New York Times | Posted 05.25.2011

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At least 64 people have been infected with hepatitis C after receiving transfusions of tainted blood at a county hospital in southern China, a hospita...

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