170 million Estimated number of people around the world who have a chronic hepatitis C infection ...more

August 17, 2009

Scientists say they've found a reason why treatment for chronic hepatitis C infection works better for whites than for African-Americans. It's a tiny variation in a gene. ...more

August 17, 2009

TOWN 'N COUNTRY - Families new to Florida schools can get free physicals and immunizations for children before school starts. ...more

August 12, 2009

TOWN 'N COUNTRY - Families new to Florida schools can get free physicals and immunizations for children before school starts. ...more

August 12, 2009

10,000 Number of former Veterans Affairs patients, some who had colonoscopies as long ago as 2003, advised to get follow-up blood tests for HIV and hepatitis ...more

June 15, 2009

Three hearings are scheduled Tuesday for the Hernando County School Board, including a second public hearing about the upcoming budget. ...more

June 14, 2009

The Department of Veterans Affairs says a fifth patient has tested positive for HIV and another seven have tested positive for hepatitis after being exposed to contaminated medical equipment at three VA hospitals. ...more

May 1, 2009

The Department of Veterans Affairs says a second patient exposed to dirty equipment at its hospital in Miami has tested positive for HIV. ...more

April 24, 2009

The Department of Veterans Affairs says three patients exposed to contaminated medical equipment have now tested positive for HIV. ...more

April 17, 2009

3,000 patients at a Veterans Affairs hospital in Miami may have been subjected to unsanitary equipment. ...more

March 23, 2009