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Hepatitis C is a slow-moving killer that can be stopped. What's getting in the way?
LA Times via Yahoo News· 1 year agoHepatitis C can now be cured in most cases with antiviral medication. Yet in the U.S., only a...
Washington nurse faces 10 years in prison after infecting dozen patients with Hepatitis C using...
The Independent via Yahoo News· 9 months agoAn emergency room nurse in Washington was accused of infecting at least a dozen people with...
What Causes Hepatitis C?
Health via Yahoo News· 1 year agoMedically reviewed by Mary Josephine Hessert, DO Hepatitis C is not hereditary, meaning it is not passed from parent to child. Instead, the hepatitis C...
Is Hepatitis Contagious?
Verywell Health via Yahoo News· 3 months agoHow Do You Get Hepatitis A, B, and C? Medically reviewed by Renee Nilan, MD Hepatitis is swelling or inflammation of the liver, often caused by a viral...
We have a cure for hepatitis C. Why are hundreds of New Englanders still dying every year?
The Providence Journal via Yahoo News· 2 years agoHarriet Callahan was caught completely by surprise. While visiting a doctor for arthritis a few...
There's A Real Chance To Stop This Miserable, Fatal Infection
HuffPost via Yahoo News· 7 months agoDying from hepatitis C is a notoriously miserable way to go. The virus attacks your liver ― in many...
Inmates bribed their way onto scheme to donate infected plasma
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 1 month agoPlasma centre in the Louisiana prison was run by inmates who were paid $3 per day and overlooked...
Hepatitis B transmission from mothers to babies ‘eliminated in England’
The Independent via Yahoo News· 1 year agoHepatitis B transmission from mothers to babies has been eliminated in England, according to the...
The campaigners who fought for justice, but didn't live to see it
BBC via Yahoo News· 1 month agoIt was February 2017 when the message arrived on Facebook. "There's a much bigger scandal that you...
What is the infected blood scandal and will victims get compensation?
BBC via Yahoo News· 4 weeks ago[Getty Images] More than 30,000 people in the UK were infected with HIV and hepatitis C after being...