Top Hepatitis C Treatments Equally Effective - US News and World Report

"A landmark hepatitis C virus study shows that the top two treatment options are equally effective and safe.

The long-awaited study, thought to be the largest of its kind, is important for the 180 million people worldwide -- 4 million in the United States -- who are infected with hepatitis C virus and at risk for liver scarring, organ failure and death."

NY hospital warns of possible hepatitis exposures - Forbes.com

"A hospital in New York state is notifying about 2,800 patients of possible exposure to hepatitis C after learning that a former employee is suspected of exposing nearly 6,000 patients in Colorado to the disease.

The New York State Health Department said Wednesday that it's working with Northern Westchester Hospital after learning that Kristen Diane Parker once worked there."

UPDATE 1-Vertex to sell rights to hepatitis C drug payments | Markets | Markets News | Reuters

"Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc (VRTX.O) said on Friday it planned to sell rights to future milestone payments tied to progress in Europe for its high-profile experimental hepatitis C drug."

KOAA.com - Hundreds at risk for Hepatitis C

"Thousands of surgery patients in Colorado are at risk of possibly having been infected with Hepatitis C.

The warning includes as many as a thousand local patients. Kristen Diane Parker, an operating room technician at the Audubon Ambulatory Surgery Center, with Hepatitis C, admitted to being a heroin addict and was swapping her own dirty syringes with saline solution for syringes containing the very strong painkiller Fentanyl. She may be the source of the contamination. 'We are probably as angry, upset and disappointed in an employee as the patients involved. We share their anger.' says Dr J. Michael Hall, the medical director at Audubon. The state health department is working to confirm if Kristen Parker is the source."