Health Mar 09 Watch 8:12 White House makes push to eradicate hepatitis C Part of President Biden's budget focuses on attacking hepatitis C, a disease that's almost completely curable with drugs. Left untreated, it can lead to chronic illness and even death. But roughly 2.4 million Americans still live with it amid barriers… By Amna Nawaz, Laura Santhanam, Dorothy Hastings
Health Mar 09 Hepatitis C is ‘not something you wish on anybody.’ Biden has a plan to end it There’s no vaccine to prevent hepatitis C infections, which often go undetected for years – experts say the virus’ stealthy nature and inadequate access to testing mean that many more people likely have hepatitis C and don’t even know it. By Laura Santhanam
Science May 23 Watch 8:30 With highest hepatitis C mortality rate in U.S., Oregon expands access to life-saving drugs New drugs can cure up to 95 percent of patients with hepatitis C, a virus that can be debilitating or deadly. And there’s been a 20 percent rise in new infections from 2015 to 2016 due to the opioid epidemic. By Cat Wise
Science May 23 This digital pill wants to make following your prescription easier Most adults say they struggle with remembering to take their prescriptions. A nationwide study is testing a pill with an ingestible sensor that tracks medication adherence from inside the body. By Cat Wise
May 02 As opioid crisis grows, babies and moms with hepatitis C fly under the radar By Laura Santhanam Among pregnant women, the hepatitis C infection rate nearly doubled in five years, fueled primarily by injection drug use linked to the opioid crisis, and the medical community is increasingly concerned that mothers and infants may go undetected and untreated… Continue reading
May 12 Watch 5:19 News Wrap: Cyberattack cripples institutions, companies around the world By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Friday, a massive cyberattack that infected computers with ransomware crippled major institutions and companies in scores of countries. Also, the Justice Department has issued a directive to federal prosecutors to seek tougher sentences for the vast… Continue watching
Oct 27 Bid to speed transplants with hepatitis C-infected kidneys By Lauran Neergaard, Associated Press WASHINGTON — Some patients facing a years-long wait for a kidney transplant are jumping ahead in line thanks to a startling experiment: They're agreeing to an organ almost sure to infect them with hepatitis C. Continue reading
Mar 27 Watch 8:52 The Cherokee Nation wants to reverse the ‘silent epidemic’ of hepatitis C By Stephen Fee, Mori Rothman The Cherokee Nation, one of the largest Native American tribes, has become the first community in the U.S. to set a goal of eliminating hepatitis C from its population. Tribe officials plan to screen 300,000 members, whose prevalence of infection… Continue watching
Dec 01 Maker of $1,000 hepatitis C pill was focused on profits, not patients, report finds By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar, Associated Press WASHINGTON — A bipartisan investigation by U.S. senators finds that the makers of a breakthrough drug for hepatitis C infection put profits before patients in pricing the $1,000-per-pill cure. Continue reading