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National Hepatitis C

Hepatitis C seen as threat to Baby Boomers

Health officials are so concerned about the hepatitis C threat to Baby Boomers that they’re suggesting everyone born between 1945 and 1965...
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More Americans are dieing from hepatitis c than from hiv

Hepatitis C is a very serious infection which as stated by MayoClinic.com is caused by a virus that attacks the liver and leads to inflammation....
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Risk factors in rising trend of liver cancer identified

There has been concern about a rise in the incidence of deadly liver cancer for years. The National Cancer Institute writes that there were an...
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Liver abnormalities found after hepatitis C infection

Hepatitis C is a viral infectious illness with an estimated 180 million people worldwide infected by this virus as reported by Wikipedia....
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Natalie Cole & Gregg Allman come together to talk Hepatitis C (Video)

Natalie Cole suffers from chronic hepatitis C infection and Gregg Allman does too. The duo came together on Tuesday morning on the NBC Today show...
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Former Mayo Clinic employee swaps hospital meds with Hepatitis C tainted blood

  • Steven Beumel
  • May 27, 2011
(Jacksonville, FL) United States Attorney Robert E. O’Neill announced the unsealing of an indictment charging Steven Beumel, (48, Orange Park...
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World Hepatitis Day Kicks Off. International Syphilis Day Jealous of Fanfare.

May 19th is World Hepatitis Day. I'll assume your excitement is palpable, but if it isn't, perhaps it's because you simply don't...
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Australian health officials investigating cluster of sexually transmitted Hep C

A cluster of nearly 40 HIV-positive gay men has turned up positive for hepatitis C that has caused health officials to consider sexual transmission...
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Hepatitis C drug, Victrelis gets FDA approval

The highly anticipated drug, Victrelis (boceprevir), for the treatment of the viral liver disease, Hepatitis C, received approval Friday from the...
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Hepatitis C transmission causes UPMC kidney program shut down

The University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) temporarily shut down its live kidney donor transplant program late Monday after it was...
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