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HIV, Hepatitis C Combination Found To Be Common, Research Shows

Daily Health Report

According to reports, hepatitis C can be transmitted through sexual contact

among men who are infected by HIV. Most men have their hepatitis screening once

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Daily Health Report

Vertex still at a loss, waiting for drug approval

Boston Herald

The company reported fourth-quarter losses of $180.4 million, or 90 cents per

share, as it spent more money to develop its hepatitis C drug telaprevir, ...

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HCV Rates High in Injecting Drug Users

MedPage Today

The dramatic decline in HIV infection among injecting drug users during the past

two decades has been accompanied by a less substantial decline in hepatitis ...

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HIV-Positive Men Who Bareback Should Have More Frequent Hep C Testing

AIDSmeds.com HIV/AIDS Treatment News

A new study has found that 75 percent of new hepatitis C virus (HCV) infections

in HIV-positive men occurred in those with no history of injection drug use ...

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Injection center for drug users? Task force finds little support

San Francisco Chronicle

The idea comes from the city's Hepatitis C Task Force, created by then-Mayor

Gavin Newsom in 2009 in response to growing concern over the 12000 San ...

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Gregg Allman: Low Country Blues – review

The Guardian

Sixty-three-year-old erstwhile Allman Brother Gregg defeated hepatitis C with a

liver transplant last year. His first album in 14 years is a covers set ...

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SF task force backs legal intravenous drug center

San Francisco Chronicle

A San Francisco task force charged with devising strategies for reducing

Hepatitis C infections has recommended making the city the first in the US with

a ...

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Oh boy! turns into goth star

WalesOnline

The Karma Chameleon transformed TV and music stars into '80s music legends as

part of the Get Tested campaign, which aims to raise awareness of hepatitis C.

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Medical marijuana business takes root

Morning Sentinel

By Bridgers When Ron Fousek started growing medical marijuana last

February for a Portland man with HIV and hepatitis C, there were few people ...

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