The drug, Mavyret, is the first to be approved by the Food and Drug Administration that can cure all six genetic types of hepatitis C in about two months in patients who haven’t previously been treated. Other approved drugs generally require 12 weeks to treat the disease and often aren’t effective for all types of hepatitis C
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In Puerto Rico, Relying On Luck And Enough Gas To Get Medical CareSeptember 28, 2017 |
Julio Alicea’s 8-month-old granddaughter Aubrey came down with severe respiratory problems a day after Hurricane Maria pummeled Puerto Rico. “We are very lucky” Alicea says, “the hospital is open and we live nearby.” Aubrey’s cough turned intense and when she started vomiting, Alicea says he rushed her to the hospital at 4 am
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This Gift Voucher Might Just Get You A KidneySeptember 15, 2017 |
Seven-year-old Quinn Gerlach got a gift certificate from his grandpa a few years back — not for a toy, a book or a game. It was for a kidney
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A Silly Web Series with a Serious Aim: To Find Gene a Kidney DonorSeptember 8, 2017 |
“If I put myself on the list [for a kidney transplant] and just wait, that’s not proactive,” Okun said. “You get on the list and then do nothing, you might get a kidney and you might not get a kidney. And it’s [a wait of] anywhere from five to nine years.”
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The highly anticipated court hearing comes a day after Connie Yates and Chris Gard made a public appearance to state that their son “deserves a chance” to be taken to the United States for an experimental treatment that could potentially improve his condition
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Sites such as GoFundMe and YouCaring are poised for a wave of medical appeals if Trumpcare leaves millions uninsured, and even if it doesn’t
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DeniedApril 5, 2017 |
More than half the states in the country have legalized medical marijuana, but some hospitals still bar users from life-saving organ transplants. The policy nearly cost Riley Hancey his life
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How to Survive the Next Catastrophic PandemicApril 5, 2017 |
Experts say it’s not a matter of if, but when a global scale pandemic will wipe out millions of people. And we are grossly unprepared for the next major outbreak. But in the event of a devastating pandemic—whether it be triggered by a mutated strain of an existing virus or a bioengineered terror weapon—there are some practical things you can do, both before and during the outbreak, to increase your odds of survival
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