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NW Vermont.

A VA Dental Insurance experience

Posted on April 8, 2014 by Laura

So far so good!   My spouse decided to give the VA Delta Standard plan a try because he didn’t think he needed much work done this year.  The monthly premium for our region is $9.73 per month.  So far he’s … Continue reading →

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FDA, CDC, and USDA fail to inform pregnant women and others that HEV infection could be fatal

Posted on February 26, 2014 by Laura

Yesterday I was researching the history of human plasma collection and eventually found myself reading the long transcript of an FDA meeting: 104th Meeting of the Blood Products Advisory Committee on September 20, 2012. The purpose of the hearing was to see … Continue reading →

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VA Public Health’s weak online response to the HCV veteran study

Posted on February 15, 2014 by Laura

Does anyone sense any urgency in about the VA’s response to the information given in study I posted about previously?  They post one graphic showing an overall 20 year infection rate of 10.3 which is shocking enough.  They offer one … Continue reading →

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Veterans’ high rates of HCV much worse than previously thought

Posted on February 15, 2014 by Laura

Results from a large VA study provides evidence of severe HCV outbreaks in U. S. boomer veterans who visited the VA at least once in 2011.  They looked at lab results going back about 12 years. This table show the prevalence of … Continue reading →

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More good news

Posted on February 3, 2014 by Laura

I want to share the good news that my husband’s disability claim has been largely successful–although he was denied HCV.  We received a decision in under one year and the information found on this website was critical. Nonetheless, there is … Continue reading →

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Pediatric HCV reporting in U. S. “grossly inadequate”

Posted on January 14, 2014 by Laura

Florida requires health practitioners and labs report all cases of acute and chronic HCV into a database called MERLIN.  A 2012 study (link below)   showed that only about 12% of children infected with HCV in Florida had been identified between 2000-2009.   Nationwide, … Continue reading →

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Minot Hepatitis C outbreak count now at 44

Posted on December 29, 2013 by Laura

Minot is a very small city of only about 43,000 people with perhaps another 30,000 in the area.  The best local article I’ve found by Jill Hambek provides this information: This investigation was conducted with assistance from the Centers for … Continue reading →

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NORAD tracks Santa again this year

Posted on December 24, 2013 by Laura

What would Christmas be without children and Santa?  Thank goodness the North American Aerospace Defense Command at Peterson Air Force Base will be on the job again.  According to Navy Lt. Cmdr. Bill Lewis, NORAD has been tracking Santa global … Continue reading →

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What do those first three pints of blood cost?

Posted on December 19, 2013 by Laura

An unexpected sticky wicket has crossed my monitor–the Medicare blood deductible! Unless a private plan picks up the cost, Medicare patients must pay for those first three pints of blood by law (A., B.,) Clearly, this is a health care service … Continue reading →

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What 21.8 million death certificates do–and don’t–tell us about viral hepatitis

Posted on December 17, 2013 by Laura

ASKNOD members are already well aware that HCV now kills more people than HIV.  This study of data from U.S. recorded deaths held some surprises for me.   Standardized death certificates have two parts and utilize the International Classification of Diseases (ICD) … Continue reading →

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