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Kathy Condor posted an update in the group Hepatitis C can be cured. Get tested. Get treated. 6 years ago

An interesting article: Louisiana adopts ‘Netflix’ model to pay for hepatitis C drugs
https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2019/01/10/louisiana-adopts-netflix-model-pay-hepatitis-c-drugs/?utm_term=.0799a1de2c65&wpisrc=nl_tyh&wpmm=1

Susan Stewart replied 6 years ago

That’s quite interesting, Kathy. Thanks for sharing. I hope this works well for LA so others can follow suit.

Kathy Condor joined the group Hepatitis C can be cured. Get tested. Get treated. 6 years ago

Lynn Kane posted an update in the group Is our community healthy? 6 years ago

Check out this new website for parents on vaccines!
https://vaxopedia.org/

Lynn Kane posted an update in the group Is our community healthy? 6 years ago

Flu is greatly increasing! It is not too late to get your flu shot.
https://www.cdc.gov/flu/weekly/

Katie Marvin joined the group AlleganySpeaks.com Community Engagement 6 years ago

Jan Chippendale joined the group Diseases Spread by Humans, Animals and Insects 6 years ago

Jennifer Corder posted an update in the group Diseases Spread by Humans, Animals and Insects 6 years ago

I understand the EColi from the romaine lettuce contamination was traced to a farm in Santa Barbara county California. It’s very curious how their contaminated irrigation water source (used for all the crops) only resulted in contamination of the romaine, but not other types of lettuce.

Patricia Tichnell posted an update in the group Hepatitis C can be cured. Get tested. Get treated. 6 years ago

Hepatitis C is curable and treatment is available locally. One year ago, in December, the Johns Hopkins Viral Hepatitis Center office opened an office in Cumberland to provide hepatitis C treatment and care! We are located on the first floor of the Allegany County Health Department.
Hepatitis C has been under the radar. It’s not talked a…[Read more]

Jennifer Corder replied 6 years ago

I wonder when or if a Hepatitis C test will become more routinely offered (to those born between 1945-1965). If clinicians begin to recommend it (as the CDC suggests they should) then more people will learn their status. Really amazing to be able to cure it. Thanks for your post.

Patricia Tichnell posted an update in the group Hepatitis C can be cured. Get tested. Get treated. 6 years ago

Here’s a short video highlighting who should be tested for hepatitis C.

“Who Should be tested for Hepatitis C?”

Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ShjKjYGM7qM

Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ShjKjYGM7qM&list=PL6ShoiJMrpscBCYoxyk_-hq_ZuPMfWS2j

Paula McKenzie replied 6 years ago

Great video! Very informative!

Paula McKenzie posted an update in the group Cancer Screenings Save Lives 6 years, 1 month ago

If someone were to ask you “what is the greatest gift you could receive this holiday season?” what would you say? Would it be your health, time with your family?
Then get caught up on all of your preventative cancer screenings and start the New Year out right. Regular cancer screenings is the best way to either prevent cancer, or detect it in…[Read more]

Lynn Kane posted an update in the group Hepatitis C can be cured. Get tested. Get treated. 6 years, 1 month ago

DEATHS FROM CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE CONTRIBUTES TO SHORTER LIFESPAN IS US
CDC: Life expectancy in US declines for second year in a row

Sept 21, 2018
By Nancy Clanton, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

For the second year in a row, the life expectancy of Americans got shorter.

According to the latest report from the Centers for Disease Control and…[Read more]

Jennifer Corder replied 6 years ago

Thanks for posting this. We all think about the larger contributions of overdose and suicide to our reduced life expectancy in the USA, but chronic liver disease is another important factor.

Lynn Kane posted an update in the group Is our community healthy? 6 years, 1 month ago

What… This can’t be!
The life expectancy in the US is declining. Find out more, you will be surprised.…[Read more]

Jennifer Corder replied 6 years ago

Here is what I learned regarding recent suicide statistics after reading the article in your link:
“Most notable is the widening gap between urban and rural Americans. Suicide rates in the most rural counties are now nearly double those in the most urban counties.”
Rural health requires special attention.