Hepatitis C

Prisons will now be required to treat high priority inmates regardless of cost.

The ACLU and the MacArthur Justice Center of Missouri are asking a judge to order the expedited treatment of prison inmates infected with the hepatitis C…

Updated at 4:35 p.m. with comments from the ACLU — A U.S. appeals court has upheld a federal judge’s decision to include thousands of Missouri Department…

A federal appeals court will soon decide whether Missouri inmates with hepatitis C will be included in a class-action lawsuit seeking treatment for…

Joe Watson has lived a troubled life. He had a traumatic childhood, spent years addicted to cocaine and meth and is now serving a 20 year sentence in...

A lawsuit alleging the Missouri Department of Corrections systematically denies medical treatment to prisoners with chronic hepatitis C has taken a big...

http://stream.publicbroadcasting.net/production/mp3/national/local-national-970849.mp3In the past couple of weeks, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration…

The FDA has approved a new drug for the treatment of hepatitis C, a viral disease that attacks the liver and can lead to cirrhosis and liver cancer.In the…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Feb. 4, 2009 - An unmistakable shroud of silence surrounds Hepatitis C, a viral liver disease that…