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A federal appeals court is scheduled to hear arguments in June in a dispute about whether Florida’s prison system is providing proper care to inmates with…
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Arguing that the state has shown “deliberate indifference to serious medical needs,” inmates are urging a federal appeals court to uphold a ruling that…
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When Dr. Bobby Zervos offers transplant patients the option to accept an organ with hepatitis C, he's prepared for some surprised reactions.
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The Florida Department of Corrections this week asked a federal appeals court to overturn a ruling that requires the state to provide costly treatment to…
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Florida counties can now authorize needle exchanges, after a bill aimed at reducing HIV and hepatitis C was signed into law by Governor Ron DeSantis.
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After admitting they failed to adequately screen prisoners for the highly contagious disease, Florida corrections officials are challenging a federal…
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The state may have to pay millions of dollars more in treatment costs for inmates infected with hepatitis C, following a federal judge’s ruling Thursday…
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Momentum has built during the legislative session to allow counties to establish needle-exchange programs to help combat the spread of diseases such as…
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An estimated 17,000 Americans are on the waiting list for a liver transplant, and there’s a strong chance that many of them have alcohol-associated liver…
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Some veterans say they contracted hepatitis from the "jet gun" that was used to immunize them in the Vietnam era, but researchers haven't proven that link.