Health
States ask Congress to intervene on drug prices
Medicaid chiefs from red and blue states are urging Congress to stem the cost of revolutionary new drugs for hepatitis C, cancer, and other diseases.
Oct 28, 2014
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Hepatitis C
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
For inmates, pricey hepatitis C drug could make financial sense
New, significantly improved hepatitis C drugs have revolutionized how the disease is treated, but they are also expensive. One such drug, sofosbuvir, costs more than $7,000 a week for 12 weeks of treatment.
Oct 20, 2014
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Rats of New York and the diseases they carry
In the first study to look at would-be diseases carried by New York City rats, scientists at the Center for Infection and Immunity at Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health identified bacterial pathogens, including ...
Oct 14, 2014
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Medications
US approves pricey new pill against hepatitis C
US regulators on Friday approved Harvoni, a daily pill to treat hepatitis C that is simpler to administer than long-standing treatments but that carries a steep price tag.
Oct 10, 2014
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Study says hepatitis C will be a rare disease by about 2036
Hepatitis C, a major infectious disease in the United States with 180 million cases worldwide, will likely become a rare disease by about 2036, according to a University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health analysis.
Sep 30, 2014
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Screening and drug therapy predicted to make hepatitis C a rare disease
Newly implemented screening guidelines and improved, highly effective drug therapies could make hepatitis C a rare disease in the United States by 2036, according to the results of a predictive model developed at the University ...
Aug 4, 2014
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
$1,000 Sovaldi now hepatitis treatment of choice
(AP)—A new $1,000-per-pill drug has become the treatment of choice for Americans with hepatitis C, a liver-wasting disease that affects more than 3 million.
Jul 29, 2014
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Hepatitis C cured in co-infected HIV patients
A multicenter team of researchers report that in a phase III clinical trial, a combination drug therapy cures chronic hepatitis C in the majority of patients co-infected with both HIV and hepatitis C.
Jul 19, 2014
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Medications
EU nations join forces against 'exorbitant' hepatitis C drug: France
France said Thursday it has joined forces with 13 other European countries to negotiate a lower price for a promising new hepatitis C drug that has drawn controversy for its astronomical cost.
Jul 10, 2014
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Egypt's army says 'virus cure' needs more tests
Egypt's military said Saturday that a device it claimed it invented to cure AIDS and hepatitis C needs six more months of testing.
Jun 29, 2014
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