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EASL 2012 Highlights
Hepatitis Magazine’s coverage from the 47th Annual Meeting of the European Association for the Study of the Liver can be found here.
LA Times: Don't use boceprevir and ritonavir together, FDA says.
The Food and Drug Administration warned Friday that doctors should not prescribe and patients should not use the hepatitis C drug Victrelis (boceprevir) and the anti-HIV drug ritonavir at the same time because such use reduces the effectiveness of both drugs.
Imagine my excitement when the individual local grassroots hep B campaigns from around the U.S. came together and decided to form a national coalition—Hep B United (the Philadelphia campaign becomes Hep B United Philadelphia). Having a formal national coalition will help local campaigns to become more versatile and more effective, both collectively and individually… they will be able to work with federal and national partners without losing touch with the local campaigns. A unified national presence and identity will also strengthen the ongoing advocacy work to raise awareness among policy makers… Ultimately, all of these benefits will help us better serve our communities.
Daniel Chen from the Hepatitis B Foundation has written a great blog post announcing that the local Hep B Free campaign has changed its name to Hep B United Philadelphia. This will bring hep B coalitions across the country together under a united network. We look forward to seeing what exciting work can be accomplished with our national partners!
I’ve recently heard hepatitis C mentioned on NBC’s Up All Night, 30 Rock, and Saturday Night Live. Now, even the CW’s tween hit, Gossip Girl, has got in on the action. Is it good to have hepatitis C referenced in pop culture? Can this be seen as “awareness raising” on the part of TV networks or is it further stigmatizing the disease by turning it into a joke? (via Gossip Girl Bad Boy Jack Bass Has Hepatitis C - The Hep Staff)
