Posts Tagged ‘Hepatitis C Cases’

Hepatitis C Cases Spike This Summer In Dakota County - TwinCities.com
Dakota County is seeing an outbreak of hepatitis C this summer among young people sharing needles while using heroin and other drugs, state health officials said Friday. - twincities.com

Officials Report Outbreak Of Hepatitis C In Dakota County
An outbreak of hepatitis C has been reported in Dakota County, and health officials say most of the cases are in young s who had been sharing needles to use drugs. State officials say there have been 16 reported cases of hepatitis - minnesota.publicradio.org

Abstract Patient-to-patient Transmission Of Hepatitis C Virus
No recognized risk factors can be identified in 10-40 of hepatitis C virus HCV-infected patients suggesting that the modes of transmission involved could be underestimated or unidentified. Only a few cases of likely patient-to- patient HCV transmission via a contaminated colonoscope have been reported to date. Nosocomial HCV infection may have important medical and legal implications and, therefore, possible transmission routes should be investigated. - virologyj.com

Hepatitis C Increases Among Young s KEZI
Hepatitis C Increases Among Young s. September 2, 2010. By Sharon Ko. ROSEBURG, Ore. -- Ever since a disease prevention center moved locations in Roseburg, it's seen an increase in Hepatitis C cases among young s. - kezi.com

Christopher Kennedy Lawford A Personal Plea For Better HIV
In the days before we knew about HIV and hepatitis C, I had shared needles -- it was something some of us did. The last time I had done that was in 1981, just as the first cases of AIDS were being identified in the United States. - huffingtonpost.com

Vertex Nails Third Big Trial With Hepatitis C Drug, In Toughest
The Cambridge, MA-based biotech company NASDAQ VRTX, which has significant operations in San Diego, is announcing today that a combination of standard treatment and its novel drug for hepatitis C was able to cure two-thirds of Patients in the trial reported cases of Next Page . Luke Timmerman is the National Biotech Editor of Xconomy, and the Editor of Xconomy Seattle. You can e-mail him at ltimmermanxconomy.com, or follow him at twitter.comldtimmerman. - xconomy.com

Hepatitis C Know The Symptoms Of This Silent Killer
These end-stage treatments are usually only involved in acute cases of hepatitis C. Acute cases, are often the result of years of denial of the subtle symptoms, or not so subtle symptoms. In these cases, patients usually die within a - suite101.com

Kristen Parker Hep-C Case Lawsuit Alleges Rose Medical Should
Eighteen years before surgery scrub technician Kristen Parker infected 18 patients at Rose Medical Center with hepatitis C, another employee infected patients the same way at a Texas hospital later owned by one of the owners of Rose. - huffingtonpost.com