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Music Legends Fight the Stigma of Hepatitis C With New CampaignFox NewsCole told FoxNews.com that she was “mortified†when she was diagnosed with hepatitis C after a routine blood test in 2008. “I found out that it had been living inside my body for over 20 years, which was an extraordinary revelation, because I never ...See all stories on this topic »

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Team helps treat, cure hepatitis CThe North Bay NuggetBy GORD YOUNG The Nugget The AIDS Committee of North Bay and Area marked World Hepatitis Day by unveiling a new team Thursday dedicated to treating those with the disease. The committee's hepatitis C treatment and support team provides treatment ...See all stories on this topic »

Court allows civil suit in hepatitis C outbreak to proceedLas Vegas SunBy Cy (contact) The Nevada Supreme Court has lifted a stay allowing a civil suit to go forward against medical companies accused of distributing a defective product in connection with the outbreak of hepatitis C in Las Vegas. ...See all stories on this topic »

Vertex Smashes Wall Street Sales Expectations In Hepatitis C Drug DebutXconomyVertex Pharmaceuticals is off to a running start in the marketplace with its brand new hepatitis C drug. The Cambridge, MA-based company (NASDAQ: VRTX) said today that it generated $74.5 million in sales of telaprevir (Incivek) in the quarter that ...See all stories on this topic »

Safe injection sites needed Canada-wide to fight hep B, CCTV.ca"It remains clear that too many people remain undiagnosed and untreated for (hepatitis C). Screening based on age, as well as risk, needs to be enforced," the report says. Ultimately, the treatment for someone who has suffered the full effects of the ...See all stories on this topic »

National Minority Quality Forum Launches the Hepatitis C IndexPR Newswire (press release)WASHINGTON, July 28, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- In recognition of World Hepatitis Day, the National Minority Quality Forum today launched the Hepatitis C Index, a novel resource for mapping hepatitis C (http://www.maphepc.com). For the first time, ...See all stories on this topic »

Ministry works to prevent hepatitis C transmissionsChina DailyBy Shan (China Daily) Beijing - The Ministry of Health vowed to further strengthen its supervision and regulation of hospitals to reduce the chances that they will be places where patients regularly contract hepatitis C, a disease that has been ...See all stories on this topic »

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New drugs double cure rate for Hepatitis CToday's THVUNDATED (CBS) - Hepatitis is a blood-borne virus that's linked to 12000 deaths each year. The hepatitis C virus had been infecting and destroying his liver cells, going from smooth and healthy to scarred and stiff; six courses of treatment didn't knock ...See all stories on this topic »

Professors highlight prevalence of Hepatitis C in Egypt, call for more fundingAl-Masry Al-YoumGamal Esmat, professor of hematology and gastroenterology at Cairo University, believes that more attention must be paid to the prevention and treatment of Hepatitis C in Egypt. “With a national prevalence rate of around 10 percent of the population, ...See all stories on this topic »

Govt needs to redouble efforts to overcome Hepatitis: Prof Dr GillPakistan ObserverSummer season epidemic of this type of acute hepatitis is very common throughout the developing world. It is because of poor hygienic standards. Hepatitis C and B is a blood borne disease usually chronic and has long term consequences. Prof. ...See all stories on this topic »