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...
Affairs of the Heart
It is well known that people with hepatitis C virus (HCV) are at risk for liver damage, but the results of two new studies...
VA’s Hep Crisis
The newest class of antiretroviral drugs has sparked a revolution in the treatment of hepatitis C, but for the Department of Veterans Affairs, this...
Process of Elimination
As part of a comprehensive project to eliminate hepatitis C (HCV) from the country, Gilead began providing free hep C regimens containing the company’s...
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...
Do One Thing
With new, game-changing hepatitis C meds available or in the pipeline, an emerging issue is how to find at-risk patients, get them screened and...
MSF Access Campaign
Without Borders
A global campaign for providing low-cost HCV care rolls out
by Larry Buhl
Last year UNITAID funded two grants to increase access to new treatments...
Equal HCV Treatment Benefits
A press conference at the 2015 Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI) offered two main takeaways: that the new generation of oral direct-acting antiviral agents (DAAs) are highly effective and safe, and...
Karyn Kaplan
LifeGuide
Planting Seeds
An activist shares grassroots strategies for making HCV treatment available worldwide
by Larry Buhl
Hepatitis treatment advocates identify three significant barriers to eradicating hepatitis C...
Is Mass HCV Screening the Best Approach?
LifeGuide
Calling All Boomers
New analysis questions the need for mass HCV screening
by Larry Buhl
In 2012, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommended...
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The Waiting Room: Fiction by Harry F. Rey
The Waiting Room
Glasgow 2020
"Michael?” I call out into the waiting room. The smell of fresh paint and flowers is overwhelming, almost making me want...
