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Philadelphia is a step closer to opening what could be the nation’s first supervised site for safe drug injection. But turning the idea into reality ...
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Some Hepatitis C Patients Not Sick Enough To Qualify For Meds
By Michelle Andrews KAISER HEALTH NEWS In the past year, new hepatitis C drugs that promise higher cure rates and fewer side effects have given ...
Read More »FDA Tells Doctors To Watch Out For Fake Dugs
By MATTHEW PERRONE AP Health Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. health regulators are trying to help doctors spot counterfeit and unapproved drugs by raising awareness ...
Read More »Doctors, Hospitals Using Too Many Antibiotics
By Mike Stobbe AP Medical Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Doctors in many U.S. hospitals are unnecessarily prescribing multiple antibiotics for several days when just ...
Read More »WHO Endorses Outrageously Expensive Hep-C Drugs
By Richard Knox Authors of the first-ever global hep-C guidelines went big Tuesday, advocating for worldwide use of two of the most expensive specialty drugs in the ...
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