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hepatitis
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Tulsa health officials link hepatitis C case to oral surgeon’s office
A former patient of Tulsa oral surgeon W. Scott Harrington contracted hepatitis C at his office, genetic testing has confirmed.…
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Tulsa reporter shares lessons from ongoing coverage of dentist
As many of you know, it can be hard following an ongoing story – keeping up with the latest developments,…
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Coverage of Tulsa dental clinics’ violations has been cautious
Health officials in Oklahoma are working to test patients of two dental clinics for hepatitis and HIV, after an inspection…
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Reporter shares lessons from writing first-person medical stories
Late last year, the Concord (New Hampshire) Monitor ran a series of stories in which reporter Meg Heckman used her…
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Expect developments in screening, treatment for hepatitis C
This is a guest post from Felice J. Freyer, a medical writer at The Providence (R.I.) Journal. Freyer, an AHCJ…
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Drug companies hit with punitive damages
A jury has decided Teva Parenteral Medicines and Baxter Healthcare Corp. must pay a combined $500 million in punitive damages…
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Hep C emerges from dormancy to hit baby boomers
Newsweek‘s Sarah Kliff looked into hepatitis C, a virus which can be dormant for decades then emerge to cause liver…