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☆ U.S. Lags Behind Other Countries in Hepatitis-C Treatment
  + stars: | 2024-04-28 | by ( Ted Alcorn | ) www.nytimes.com   time to read: 1 min
In the 10 years since the drugmaker Gilead debuted a revolutionary treatment for hepatitis C, a wave of new therapies have been used to cure millions of people around the world of the blood-borne virus. Today, 15 countries, including Egypt, Canada and Australia, are on track to eliminate hepatitis C during this decade, according to the Center for Disease Analysis Foundation, a nonprofit. Each has pursued a dogged national screening and treatment campaign. Spread through the blood including IV drug use, hepatitis C causes liver inflammation, though people may not display symptoms for years. Only a fraction of Americans with the virus are aware of the infection, even as many develop the fatal disease.
Organizations: Center, Disease Analysis Locations: Egypt, Canada, Australia, United States
☆ The Technique Reshaping Organ Transplantation
  + stars: | 2024-04-02 | by ( Ted Alcorn | ) www.nytimes.com   time to read: 1 min
On some level, the human liver in the operating room at Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago was alive. Blood circulating through its tissues delivered oxygen and removed waste products, and the organ produced bile and proteins that are essential to the body. The organ owed its vitality to this machine, which was preserving it for transplantation into a needy patient. Surgeons are experimenting with organs from genetically modified animals, hinting at a future when they could be a source for transplants. But the field is already undergoing a paradigm shift, driven by technologies in widespread use that allow clinicians to temporarily store organs outside the body.
Persons: “, ”, Daniel Borja Organizations: Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Surgeons Locations: Chicago
☆ Paid Family Caregivers in Indiana Face Steep Cutbacks
  + stars: | 2024-03-04 | by ( Ted Alcorn | Kaiti Sullivan | ) www.nytimes.com   time to read: +1 min
She’s a paid caregiver and simply rolls out of bed to tend to her charge: her 2-year-old son, who sleeps in a portable playpen right beside her. Sonny was born with a congenital malformation that impaired his brain development and needs near continuous care simply to breathe and eat. Ms. Poynter left her job at a call center when she brought him home from the hospital and has nursed him ever since rather than relying on aides or institutions. Indiana’s Medicaid program has paid her for this labor of love. During the coronavirus pandemic, states received a huge infusion of federal money — money that’s now drying up, leaving Indiana, and many other states, facing tough choices about how to plug the gaping holes in their budgets.
Persons: Kacey Poynter doesn’t, She’s, Sonny, Poynter, “ It’s, ” Locations: Indiana
☆ Your Inhalers and EpiPens Aren’t Very Healthy for the Environment
  + stars: | 2024-02-26 | by ( Ted Alcorn | ) www.nytimes.com   time to read: 1 min
An example of a plastic single-use injector at Battelle, a research nonprofit working on refining and reducing plastic use and waste, in Columbus, Ohio. Credit... Andrew Spear for The New York Times
Persons: Andrew Spear Organizations: Battelle, Credit, The New York Locations: Columbus , Ohio
☆ Can Your Personal Medical Devices Be Recycled?
  + stars: | 2024-02-26 | by ( Ted Alcorn | ) www.nytimes.com   time to read: +1 min
Most of the plastic in your medicine cabinet is high-quality, medical grade — and devilishly difficult to safely dispose of, let alone recycle. Some at-home medical products, like needles that have come into contact with bodily fluids, should not even be relegated to household trash. They also sell special containers for shipping used, discarded needles and medical waste to sites for safe disposal. But when it comes to recycling plastic devices, from asthma inhalers to insulin and allergy pens, people may find themselves ping-ponging around without a solution. Some states recommend inquiring with local pharmacies, which in turn recommend checking with municipal recycling facilities.
Organizations: New York state’s Department of Environmental Conservation, Walgreens, CVS Health Locations: New
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