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Hundreds of medical workers become infected with the AIDS
or hepatitis viruses from accidental punctures each year.
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Closing the inequality gap in access to primary health care
for women living with hepatitis C
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One of the major
challenges facing women diagnosed with hepatitis C is
overcoming the stigma attached to this illness which
frequently acts as a barrier to appropriate and timely primary
health care.
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Does
the Media report the news or create the news?
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On November
16th, 1999, in mid-Manhattan, an innocent young
woman was savagely struck on the head with a brick by an
unknown assailant. Although no one knew who the assailant was,
and no suspects had yet been arrested, assumptions were made,
based upon pre-conceived notions, and all of the local papers
alleged that the perpetrator had to be a
"mentally-ill", homeless person.
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The following conversation took place on December 5th, 2001
between David Crosby, David Maxwell & Eileen Lavalliere
in Boston.
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Article on how Madison Avenue, whose television ads have
helped turn some prescription drugs into billion-dollar products,
is expanding role in drug development;
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Physicians throughout New York City will be required to report
hepatitis C to the New York City Health Dept. for the first
time because of a campaign conducted by The Queens Courier
over the past few months
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List of articles concerning Hepatitis C Virus
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The best place to say goodbye |
Terminally ill spend last days at Grace Deaths marked with
`existential rounds' |
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By conservative estimates, about four million Americans are
infected with the disease, far more than HIV, and yet little
is known about it. And here's what's really frightening: Hepatitis
C now kills about 10,000 people a year.
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We stand at the precipice of a grave threat to our public
health ... It affects people from all walks of life, in every
state, in every country. And unless we do something about
it soon, it will kill more people than AIDS.
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