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FDA approves breakthrough drug for treatment of hepatitis C
By Elizabeth Landau CNN (CNN) — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved a breakthrough drug Friday to treat chronic hepatitis C virus infection. Sovaldi (sofosbuvir) is the first drug that has...
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Health department investigates possible Hepatitis C exposure at Ogden hospital
OGDEN, Utah — Authorities are investigating a possible Hepatitis C exposure at McKay-Dee Hospital. The Utah Department of Health initiated the investigation when a recent patient, infected with...
View ArticleMore people test positive for Hepatitis C after exposure at Ogden hospital
OGDEN, Utah -- Two months after the Utah Department of Health launched its initial investigation, more people are testing positive for Hepatitis C. Letters were sent out to 7,200 patients, urging them...
View ArticleOnly about 35 percent of patients get tested after potential hep C exposures...
OGDEN, Utah -- Thousands of patients at both McKay-Dee Hospital and Davis Hospital could have been exposed to hepatitis C, and though Sunday marks the last official day for free testing, the hospital...
View ArticleBooming Forward: Hepatitis C, the silent disease
SALT LAKE CITY — About 75 percent of Americans who have hepatitis C are baby boomers, born between 1945 and 1965, and many of those don't know they have it. As FOX 13's Dave Nemeth explains, getting...
View ArticleFormer Utah nurse indicted for allegedly diverting narcotics, infecting...
SALT LAKE CITY – A national health care fraud enforcement operation this week resulted in charges for 412 people across the country, including a Utah nurse accused of diverting narcotics and...
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