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Hepatitis C drug Victrelis approved in EuropeCBS News(CBS) Hepatitis C sufferers in Europe may have a reprieve coming their way. The European Commission has approved Victrelis for patients with the potentially deadly viral liver disease who fail other treatment options. " Victrelis is the first major ...See all stories on this topic »

NH town sued for discrimination over HIV, AIDSBoston HeraldBy AP CONCORD, NH — A gay advocacy group is suing to block a New Hampshire town from shutting down a group home for people with HIV, AIDS and Hepatitis C. Boston-based Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders sued Gilsum this month on behalf of AIDS ...See all stories on this topic »

Hepatitis C in the United StatesEmpowHerBy Fugate PhD HERWriter July 19, 2011 - 6:47am Hepatitis C infection is still a significant issue in the United States. Nationwide, the number of cases is estimated at 2.7 to 3.9 million. The age distribution is unusual: there is one peak around ...See all stories on this topic »

Awareness week to reduce stigma of hepatitistown Macarthur AdvertiserHEPATITIS C is a blood-borne virus that affects more than one in 100 Australians, with an estimated 10000 new hepatitis C transmissions occurring each year. And more than 162000 Australians have chronic hepatitis B. But awareness of viral hepatitis is ...See all stories on this topic »

Transplant error finds more at faultPittsburgh Post GazetteBy D. Hamill, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette The results of a positive hepatitis C test sat in a living donor's medical record at UPMC for more than two months before her kidney was transplanted into a man who did not have the virus, according to the ...See all stories on this topic »

Crack pipes 'not authorized' in kitsCanada.comIt was Phase I of a program to reduce the street transmission of communicable diseases such as Hepatitis C, HIV and sexually transmitted diseases. Addicts are especially susceptible to infection through unsafe sexual practises, when they smoke crack ...See all stories on this topic »

Police: Victim sends meat-cleaving attacker packingphillyBurbs.comAs previously reported, when officers arrested she spit in an officer's face more than once, laughing, "I have Hepatitis C, haha." was charged with aggravated assault. The National Library of Medicine records that Hepatitis C is transmitted ...See all stories on this topic »

Cases drop, work still neededRegina Leader-PostSecondly, in the particularly high-risk, injection-drug environment where HIV and Hepatitis C are the viruses spread . the amount of spread may have decreased because the sharing of needles and other high-risk activities may have potentially dropped ...See all stories on this topic »