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Ontario's needle distribution ban at HART Hubs puts people at risk, critics say | CBC News

More than 600 individuals and organizations from across Ontario have signed a letter calling on the province to allow the distribution of syringes at Homelessness and Addiction Recovery Treatment (HART) Hubs, citing increased risks of HIV and hepatitis C transmission due to the prohibition.

Public health

fromenglish.elpais.com

4 weeks ago

Charles Rice, Nobel Prize winner in Medicine: It's a crime that a drug exists that could cure everyone yet not everybody has access to it'

Charles Rice's discovery of the hepatitis C virus has led to significant advancements in treatment and the saving of millions of lives.

fromkffhealthnews.org

2 months ago

Prisons routinely ignore guidelines on dying inmates' end-of-life choices

Moser never saw or spoke to her son again. The last day I went to see him in the hospital, I was hoping he would take his last breath, said Moser, a former hospice nurse.

Healthcare

fromwww.bbc.com

2 months ago

GPs to help NHS find more infected blood victims

NHS GPs in England will now test patients for hepatitis C who had blood transfusions before 1996 to address the contaminated blood scandal.

US news

fromwww.npr.org

3 months ago

In the middle of a hepatitis outbreak, U.S. shutters the one CDC lab that could help

CDC's viral hepatitis lab identifies linked hepatitis C cases in Florida but faces closure due to budget cuts.