Scanner Will Help Start Hep C Treatment Faster
USDA grant will help support patients An $80,000 piece of equipment could affect how quickly thousands of Kentucky and Tennessee patients...
It’s Time We Got Serious About Hep C
One of the terrible consequences of Tennessee’s opioid crisis is the rise in hepatitis C infections. Approximately 70,000 of our fellow...
Eyes on Potential HIV, Hepatitis C Outbreak, Experts Say
TRI-CITIES, TENN. (WJHL) - Editor's note: The original article said illicit drug use is a risk factor for Hepatitis A. While this is...
Alarming Number of Hepatitis C Cases Linked to Drug Use Emerge in East Tennesse
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — You see the needles and you see the drugs, but an invisible side effect of the drug epidemic demands your attention....
Lee Proposes $25M to Combat Hepatitis C
Nashville Tennessean USA TODAY NETWORK - TENNESSEE Gov. Bill Lee’s latest budget proposal recommends moving nearly $25 million previously...
Opioids Linked to Hep C Uptick
Knoxville News Sentinel USA TODAY NETWORK - TENNESSEE The United States’ overall rate of hepatitis C infection more than doubled from...
New Drugs, Prevention, but HIV Continues
Knoxville News Sentinel USA TODAY NETWORK TENNESSEE When Jeff Simmons, now 52, was diagnosed HIV-positive in 1991, the virus was still a...
Drug Injections Fuel Hepatitis C Increase
A rise in injection drug use is creating more new acute Hepatitis C incidents and East Tennessee is seeing higher rates of the disease...
Interconnected, Intertwined, and Colliding: Co-Occurring Epidemics of HIV, Viral Hepatitis, and Opio
I have to admit it. I’ve been feeling a little daunted about how much ground we have lost to the opioid epidemic as we struggle against...
Tennessee’s Worrying Rise in Pregnant Women with Hep C
Rural parts of Tennessee have been hit hard by a nationwide rise in Hepatitis C infections in pregnant women, likely a result of the...