February 18, 20190Comments

Two Crises In One: As Drug Use Rises, So Does Syphilis

By Anna Gorman February 14, 2019 Drug syringe and cooked heroin on spoon Public health officials grappling with record-high syphilis rates around the nation have pinpointed what appears to be a major

by Michelle

January 7, 20190Comments

Medicaid Patients In Puerto Rico Don’t Get Coverage For Drugs To Cure Hepatitis C

Carmen Heredia Rodriguez, Kaiser Health News Drugs that can cure hepatitis C revolutionized care for millions of Americans living with the deadly liver infection. The drugs came with a steep price

by Michelle

July 16, 20180Comments

State Prisons Fail To Offer Cure To 144,000 Inmates With Deadly Hepatitis

Siraphob Thanthong-Knight State prisons across the U.S. are failing to treat at least 144,000 inmates who have hepatitis C, a curable but potentially fatal liver disease, according to a recent survey

by Michelle

June 21, 20180Comments

California Poised To Expand Access To Hepatitis C Drugs

Pauline Bartolone, California Healthline Patrick Garcia wasn’t completely surprised when he learned recently he had hepatitis C. Until a few years ago, he had experimented with numerous drugs, injecting heroin, methamphetamine,

by Michelle

October 4, 20170Comments

Hepatitis C Drug’s Lower Cost Paves Way For Medicaid, Prisons To Expand Treatment

By Michelle Andrews October 3, 2017 Valerie Green is still waiting to be cured. The Delaware resident was diagnosed with hepatitis C more than two years ago, but she doesn’t qualify yet

by Michelle

September 29, 20170Comments

Absent Federal Action, States Take The Lead On Curbing Drug Costs

By Shefali Luthra September 29, 2017 , Kaiser Health News Updated, 12:26 p.m. This story was updated to reflect that a federal judge rejected a request to block the Maryland law

by Michelle

July 25, 20170Comments

IAS 2017: HIV and the Liver: Co-Infection and Complications

Some more information from IAS 2017 in Paris, France. This video is of the oral abstract presentation on HIV and the Liver: Co-Infection and Complications which consists of 5 abstract presentations

by Michelle

July 25, 20170Comments

Healthcare Is A Right Not A Privilege

Today the United States Senate voted to approve H R 1628 also known as The American Healthcare Act of 2017. Vice President Mike Pence broke the 50-50 tie to pass the

by Michelle

July 8, 20170Comments

Trump’s Surgeon General Pick Built Name Fighting HIV And Opioids In Indiana

By Emily Forman, Side Effects Public Media July 7, 2017 Several weeks before President Donald Trump nominated Indiana’s state health commissioner Jerome Adams to be the next U.S. surgeon general, Adams toured

by Michelle

October 31, 20160Comments

Drug Prices, Not The Health Law, Top Voters’ Health Priorities For 2017

By Julie Rovner October 28, 2016 Until this week, when big increases in insurance premiums were unveiled for next year, the federal health law has not been a major issue in

by Michelle

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