Hepatitis C

Congress must restore federal funding for needle exchange

2013-04-01 03:00:00

In 2009, Congress passed legislation reversing the decades-old ban on the use of federal funding for syringe exchange but, for unclear reasons, in late 2011, it reversed this decision, again withholding federal funding from programs that provide drug...

Closing deadly loopholes

2013-03-25 03:00:00

In July, authorities discovered that a radiology technician who had worked in Maryland and several other states had been injecting himself with narcotics-filled syringes, refilling them with saline and leaving them behind for use on patients. More than 1,...

Committee passes legislation to license staffing agencies

2013-03-21 16:47:27

The Senate Finance Committee voted unanimously Thursday for a proposed law that would require state licensing of medical staffing companies after a radiographer was accused of exposing hundreds of Marylanders to hepatitis C. In a telephone call after the...

State report outlines Kwiatkowski's time in Maryland

2013-03-20 19:39:39

Supervisors at a Maryland hospital weren't surprised when drugs were missing from a treatment room where contract radiology technician David Kwiatkowski was assigned. A manager had spotted him going through needle-disposal containers and he was among...

Med tech accused in hepatitis C case pleads not guilty

2012-12-03 14:11:46

A traveling hospital worker accused of stealing pain-killing drugs, contaminating syringes and infecting dozens of patients with hepatitis C pleaded not guilty to the charges in New Hampshire federal court Monday. David Kwiatkowski, 33, who was trained...

N.H. hospital tech's trial postponed until October

2012-12-24 05:53:00

Four treated at Hopkins linked to hepatitis from medical technician

2012-12-21 16:12:58

Four patients treated at Johns Hopkins Hospital are likely to have contracted hepatitis C from a rogue medical technician accused of stealing drugs and leaving contaminated needles behind, lab tests have confirmed. Special molecular testing on blood...

Baby boomers unknowingly infected with hepatitis C

2012-07-06 16:10:00

When Alan Shackelford's ankles would swell up, he brushed it off as another sign of getting older — only to find out it was a symptom of something much worse. The 59-year-old Windsor Mill man was shocked when his doctor recently diagnosed him...

Patient sues over hepatitis C exposure

2012-09-04 17:00:38

A patient believed to have contracted hepatitis C from a rogue medical worker has sued Columbia-based Maxim Staffing Solutions Inc. for failing to report the traveling technician to legal authorities even though the company knew he had stolen narcotics...

Attorney: Baltimore man contracted hepatitis C from med tech in 2008

2012-09-09 19:45:44

A 65-year-old Baltimore man was infected with hepatitis C by a traveling medical technician at the Baltimore VA Medical Center in 2008, he and his attorney said — making him the first Marylander to come forward in a sweeping investigation into the...

Attorney: Med tech spread hepatitis in Baltimore in 2008

2012-09-09 14:50:00

A New Hampshire attorney says a client contracted hepatitis C from a traveling hospital worker two years earlier than has been previously alleged he began spreading the disease. Portsmouth attorney Michael Rainboth represents five patients who were...

State board says it can regulate compounding pharmacies

2012-11-18 10:31:54

The state board that regulates Maryland pharmacies like the Massachusetts firm under investigation in a national fungal meningitis outbreak said it can adequately oversee so-called compounding pharmacies, despite cries from critics that the federal...

Half of people who have tested positive for hepatitis C don't know if they are still infected, which means many of them aren't getting important medical treatment, the CDC says.

2013-05-08 10:06:48

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2012-12-27 13:11:00

Cassandra Searls, 24, has been appointed associate copywriter at AbelsonTaylor. She will be developing copy for print, digital and sales materials focusing on products for the treatment of hepatitis C and dyslipidemia.

2012-12-13 12:34:00