Hepatitis C warning from the state

 A week ago we told you that Hepatitis C was almost at epidemic status.  Now the state health department says beware it

A week ago, we told you that Hepatitis C was almost at epidemic status. Now the state health department says beware it's there. More than 100,000 people in Tennessee are living with it and don't even know they're infected, it could be you.

We talked to a girl who has it. She was a good girl who got in with the wrong crowd. Now she's got a life threatening illness that could steal her away from her children. By the way, we'll call her Amy since she wants to keep her identity hidden. Read more....

Pa. law prohibits needle exchanges that can save lives

Tens of thousands of Pennsylvanians crave daily injections of heroin. Beyond the threat of overdose is the threat of being exposed to HIV and hepatitis C, both deadly and expensive illnesses that are easily spread through contaminated needles.

But in Pennsylvania, distributing sterile syringes is a criminal act.

For years, Dianna Pagan feared that giving out clean syringes in Reading would land her in jail. Officials there recently agreed to let her needle exchange operate, though she’s faced numerous setbacks for more than a decade, including being shut down following the threat of prosecution.


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