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

Gabor Maté | Posted 12.21.2009 | Politics

Read More: Drug Policy Alliance, Needle Exchange Programs, Hepatitis C, HIV/AIDS, Congress Needle Exchange Programs, Drug Addition Policies, Politics News
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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 11.02.2009 | Denver

Read More: Nurse Hepatitis C, Audobon Surgery Center, Colorado Springs, Denver Nurse, Hepatitis C, Kristen Diane Parker, Denver News

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 11.24.2009 | Home

Read More: Denver, Denver Nurse, Hepatitis C, Denver Hospital, Plea Deal, Home News

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 08.11.2009 | Home

Read More: Colorado, Hepatitis Scare Colorado, Hepatitis, Hepatitis C, Kristen Diane Parker, Hepatitis Scare, Home News

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 08.01.2009 | Living

Read More: Community Service, Hiv, New York, All for Good, South Bronx, Lower Manhattan, Syringe Exchange, Volunteering, Service, Health, Volunteer, Needle Exchange, Diabetes, Hepatitis C, Healthcare, New York Harm Reduction Educators, Living News

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 05.02.2009 | World

Read More: Chinese Hospital, Hepatitis, China Hepatitis, China Healthcare, Hepatitis C, China, World News

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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Natalie Cole Hospitalized Over Hepatitis C

AP | NEKESA MUMBI MOODY | Posted 10.21.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Natalie Cole, Hepatitis C, Entertainment News

NEW YORK — Natalie Cole, who recently revealed she had hepatitis C, has been hospitalized as a result of side effects from her medication and a ...

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Natalie Cole: I Have Hepatitis C

AP | Posted 07.24.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Natalie Cole, Hepatitis C, Natalie Cole Hepatitis C, Entertainment News

NEW YORK — Grammy-winning singer Natalie Cole has been diagnosed with hepatitis C, her publicist said in a statement Wednesday. Hepatitis C is ...

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