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Plastic fencing and landscaping boulders replaced homeless campsites on this block in downtown Denver. Advocates for the homeless fear that displacing encampments risks spreading the coronavirus throughout the homeless community.

Denver's Sweeps Of Homeless Camps Run Counter To COVID-19 Guidance

Jun 25, 2020
Cities continue to dismantle homeless encampments despite recommendations from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to hold off during the pandemic to limit the spread of the coronavirus.
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Norm Ciha says he lost his bedding, clothes and the medicine he'd been prescribed to treat hepatitis C during a sweep of his camp outside an Ikea in Emeryville, Calif., in November 2018.

Sweeps Of Homeless Camps In California Aggravate Key Health Issues

Jan 10, 2020
Cities have tasked police and sanitation workers with dismantling homeless camps that they say pose a risk to health and safety. But that's meant some displaced people are losing needed medications.
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It's Not Just Measles. What You Should Know About Vaccines For Adults

May 15, 2019
Many people don't know which shots they need as they get older. And the vaccines can be tougher to keep track of because many adults go to the doctor less frequently than kids do.
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Hepatitis C virus, via transmission electron microscopy. (The actual viral diameter is around 22 nm.) Doctors say the recent FDA approval of Mavyret, a less expensive drug for treating the virus, may make it easier for more insurers and correctional faci

FDA's Approval Of A Cheaper Drug For Hepatitis C Will Likely Expand Treatment

Oct 04, 2017
Mavyret, recently approved by the Food And Drug Administration, can cure hepatitis C in eight weeks, at a cost of $26,400. Though still expensive, that's well below the price of other options.
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This computer-generated image shows the structure of the hepatitis B virus.

A Neglected Family Of Killer Viruses

Sep 20, 2017
The five hepatitis viruses claim over 1 million lives each year. Yet the attention — and funding — can't compete with HIV, TB and malaria.
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City workers wash down streets and sidewalks Monday in an effort to control a hepatitis A outbreak in San Diego.

San Diego Washing Streets With Bleach To Combat Hepatitis A Outbreak

Sep 13, 2017
The disease has killed at least 15 people and infected nearly 400 in the city, and it is hitting the homeless population the hardest.
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Volunteer Zane Davis restocks alcohol swabs and other supplies at the Alaska AIDS Assistance Association's Anchorage office.

Syringe Exchange Program Aims To Slow Hepatitis C Infections In Alaska

Aug 29, 2017
As the nation's opioid abuse problem soars, so do health problems associated with drug use like hepatitis C, which is placing a major burden on Alaska's Medicaid program.
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Gilead Sciences' Harvoni can cure hepatitis C, but costs tens of thousands of dollars for a course of treatment.

Should The U.S. Government Buy A Drug Company To Save Money?

Mar 17, 2017
Most of the millions in the U.S. who are infected with hepatitis C can't afford the cure. Some say the U.S. could save money and cure more people if it bought the drugmaker Gilead Sciences Inc.
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A so-called "smart" syringe can only be used once, so there's no chance a patient can be infected due to multiple usages.

How Did A Celibate 82-Year-Old Buddhist Monk Contract HIV?

Feb 24, 2015

His doctor injected him with a used syringe. Millions of people have contracted HIV, hepatitis and other diseases that way. The solution: a syringe designed to prevent reuse.

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Doctor Gets Life in Prison For Outbreak

Oct 28, 2013

Dipak Desai received a life sentence for second-degree murder following an outbreak of hepatitis C at his Endoscopy Center

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First Victim of Las Vegas Hepatitis C Outbreak Dies

Aug 03, 2012

In 2007, seven people were infected with hepatitis C, making it one of the worst outbreaks in Las Vegas history.  Local doctor Dipak Desai was charged criminally for unsafe injections.  One of those victims recently died, which could bring murder charges against Desai.  Rodolfo Meana had gone home to the Philippines to die, saying hepatitis C had changed his whole life.  Reporter Paul Harasim tells us about Rodolfo's life, and the repercussions of the hepatitis outbreak.

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