/tags/hepatitis-c hepatitis c en-US Copyright Wed, 06 Nov 2019 18:03:45 GMT /news/2019-11-06/appalachian-ohios-high-hepatitis-c-rates-blamed-on-opioid-epidemic A new study blames the opioid epidemic for high rates of Hepatitis C in Ohio’s Appalachia region. Ohio University researchers led a team of health… Wed, 06 Nov 2019 18:03:45 GMT /news/2019-11-06/appalachian-ohios-high-hepatitis-c-rates-blamed-on-opioid-epidemic Debbie Holmes /news/2018-10-01/columbus-changes-needle-program-amid-community-concern Susan Perez walks down Scott Street in Franklinton with a baby on her hip and two toddlers following close behind.“It's a drug house right now,” she says… Mon, 01 Oct 2018 09:00:00 GMT /news/2018-10-01/columbus-changes-needle-program-amid-community-concern Paige Pfleger /side-effects-public-media/2018-09-12/how-a-deadly-virus-saved-organ-transplant-patients-lives Nearly 100,000 people are waiting for a kidney transplant in the U.S., but many will never get one. Instead they’ll stay on dialysis for the rest of... Wed, 12 Sep 2018 21:03:44 GMT /side-effects-public-media/2018-09-12/how-a-deadly-virus-saved-organ-transplant-patients-lives Emily Forman /news/2017-10-13/in-northeast-ohio-needle-exchanges-offer-chance-to-stop-addiction-and-disease The Mahoning Valley has been one of the hardest hit areas in the state by the ongoing opioid crisis. As local officials continue to struggle to find ways… Fri, 13 Oct 2017 18:27:39 GMT /news/2017-10-13/in-northeast-ohio-needle-exchanges-offer-chance-to-stop-addiction-and-disease Tim Rudell /show/all-sides-with-ann-fisher/2017-10-11/wellness-wednesday-hepatitis-c-plastic-surgery-safety Baby boomers and Hepatitis C. Find out about a new treatment for the disease and how common is it among people born between 1945 and 1965. Also a new… Wed, 11 Oct 2017 09:01:00 GMT /show/all-sides-with-ann-fisher/2017-10-11/wellness-wednesday-hepatitis-c-plastic-surgery-safety /show/all-sides-with-ann-fisher/2016-01-20/the-history-of-hepatitis-c-and-new-drugs-to-help-treat-it Little was known about hepatitis C when it was first discovered in 1989, but since then strides have been made in the drugs that treat it--some with an… Wed, 20 Jan 2016 10:00:00 GMT /show/all-sides-with-ann-fisher/2016-01-20/the-history-of-hepatitis-c-and-new-drugs-to-help-treat-it