Be About It: Hep B in Asian/Pacific Islander Communities
Talking About It
A documentary put human faces on hep B in Asian-American communities
by Larry Buhl
According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention...
Mind the Gaps
Amy Killelea of the National Alliance of State and Territorial AIDS Directors (NASTAD) sees healthcare coverage gaps everywhere, and as director of NASTAD’s new...
Barring HCV Treatment
Last fall the New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision (DOCCS) ended its policy of excluding prisoners from any hepatitis C treatment...
High Bar
Working in HIV cure research, developing potential HIV therapeutics and eradication strategies focused on ABOBEC3g, Dr. Harold Smith of the University of Rochester had...
Exchange Change
After nearly three decades of entrenched opposition to funding programs that allow drug users to obtain free sterile syringes, the U.S. Congress in January...
Red State Blues
As A&U reported in the June issue, the rise in HIV and hepatitis C (HCV) diagnoses in Scott County, Indiana, has put the state...
Hep C & Adult Films
Hep Talk
by Larry Buhl
Hep X
Does the porn industry have a hepatitis problem?
Actors who work for legitimate adult entertainment producers, who are mostly based in...
Hep in the News 2016
Quick Shots
a round-up of under-reported-related stories from 2016
by Larry Buhl
It’s time for a 2016 desk clearing and to report some hepatitis-related stories that fell...
HCV Treatment Choices & Coverage Restrictions
Decisions, Decisions
There are HCV treatment choices to make, but often few options
by Larry Buhl
If you’ve tested positive for the hepatitis C virus (HCV), there...
The Price of War
Cost of treatment and prevention in the war on viral hepatitis was the overriding theme of the first World Hepatitis Summit, which drew more...
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Plague Years: Review
Plague Years
A Doctor’s Journey through the AIDS Crisis
Ross A. Slotten, MD
University of Chicago Press
Reviewed by Hank Trout
In 1992, a commissioner on the Chicago Board...
