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Andover woman told to get tested for Hepatitis C
KWCH 12 Eyewitness NewsAn Andover woman recently learns she may have been exposed to Hepatitis C while being treated at Hays Medical Center. The Hays hospital sent Linda Ficken a letter telling her to get tested for Hepatitis C. Ficken is one of 460 patients Hays Med is...Tags: Radiology, Medical Specialization, Cirrhosis, Viral Diseases and Infections, Hospitals and Clinics
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Andover woman victim of Hepatitis C exposure
KWCH 12 Eyewitness NewsThere are new developments in the case of a hospital worker accused of infecting patients with Hepatitis C. Two Kansans have now tested positive for the highly contagious virus. Linda Ficken told Eyewitness News last week that she wasn't worried...Tags: Viral Diseases and Infections, Hospitals and Clinics, Hepatitis, Cardiac Catheterization, Medical Procedures and Tests
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1,750 had possible contact with technician with hepatitis C
Four Maryland hospitals are offering free hepatitis C testing to at least 1,750 patients who may have been exposed to the viral disease by a traveling medical technician, as state officials launch a broad regulatory review in response to the case. The...
Tags: Health and Medical Professionals, Diseases and Illnesses, Hospitals and Clinics, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Career and Workplace
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Inmate from Roanoke sentenced for bloody threat letters
A Virginia inmate who sent blood-smeared, threatening letters to courthouses will spend another 10 years and five months behind bars. Prosecutors say the letters sent by 24-year-old Richard Crowder to courthouses in Roanoke and Roanoke County...
Tags: Barack Obama, Roanoke County, Punishment, Roanoke (Roanoke, Virginia)
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David Simon's 'Homicide' cop battling life on the streets once again
March 11, 2012
Seven-baker-twenty-four unit turns at Mosher and rumbles past that stretch of Appleton Street where Gene Cassidy took two in the head for the company, the first one stealing his eyesight, the second lodging in his brain beyond the skill...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, HIV, Hospitals and Clinics, Hunt Valley, Witnesses
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White House drug czar, nation's leaders in Orlando for Rx-drug abuse summit
Hundreds of representatives from the public and private sector are in Orlando for an inaugural prescription drug abuse summit, which included keynote presentations Tuesday from the White House drug czar and a top U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration...
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Epidemics and Plagues, HIV, U.S. Office of National Drug Control Policy, Substance Abuse
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The Beach Boys still get around
Touring together for the first time in more than two decades, the reunited members of the Beach Boys will catch a new wave into Orange County. The Beach Boys' 50th Anniversary Tour kicked off last month to enthusiastic crowds. As part of their tour of...
Tags: Capitol Records, Grammy Awards, Brian Wilson, Music, The Beach Boys
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Former inmate loses suit claiming he might have contracted hepatitis C from prostate biopsy
waynesboro@herald-mail.comA Franklin County, Pa., judge recently made several decisions ending a lawsuit in which a former Waynesboro, Pa., man claimed he might have obtained hepatitis C from reused prostate biopsy needles. Robert Eyler said in the lawsuit that he learned he...Tags: Trials, Crime, Law and Justice, Biopsy, Prostate, Franklin County (Pennsylvania)
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Free Hepatitis Testing and Vaccines Friday and Saturday
Hispanosphere - Orlando SentinelThe Orange County Health Department is recognizing May as National Hepatitis Awareness Month and May 19 as National Hepatitis Testing Day. The intent of these annual observances is to raise awareness about the global impact of viral hepatitis and the... -
Swimming
Not unlike the perceived challenge of living through a nuclear holocaust during the Cold War of the 1950s and '60s, learning to swim in a relatively rural area with two parents who were not strong swimmers was quite complicated for me. I had imperfect...
Tags: Hypothermia, Lloyd Bridges, Sports, Polio, Swimming
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Former Waynesboro resident claims he got hepatitis through reused needles in 2008
waynesboro@herald-mail.comA judge will make several key decisions in the coming weeks in a man’s lawsuit against Urology Associates of Chambersburg, which told patients last year it had reused prostate biopsy needles. Franklin County (Pa.) Court of Common Pleas Judge...Tags: Trials, Crime, Law and Justice, Litigation, Common, Justice System
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Hepatitis C related death rates rise
KIAHA silent killer is among us, no joke. You could be walking around with hepatitis C, and not even know it. We're not just talking about high risk people, such as IV drug users. Baby boomers, those born between 1945 and 1965 could be at risk, one in 33...Tags: Viral Diseases and Infections, Emergency Health Procedures, Human Body, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Health
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