Topic: Nevada

Teva, Baxter ordered to pay $500 million in Hep C case

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Teva Pharmaceutical Industries and Baxter Healthcare Services on Friday were ordered to pay a combined $500 million in punitive damages to a Nevada man who contracted Hepatitis C during an outbreak two years ago. The Clark County District ...

Dealing with hepatitis crisis

Nevada Legislature should pass laws to strengthen oversight of medical clinics Last week was the first anniversary of one of the lowest points in the history of health care in Southern Nevada, the announcement of a hepatitis C outbreak that required 40,000 ...
Hepatitis a risk from more than dirty needles; campaign warns of reusing plastic syringesPatients who got hepatitis from contaminated syringes and medicine vials are joining infection control advocates to warn Americans about a problem they say is more common than people think. ...

Nevada not alone

Clinics in other states have also infected people through the reuse of syringes The headline over a USA Today story that ran Wednesday was sickeningly familiar: It said, “Infection caused by improperly reused syringes.” The story was accompanied by a photo of ...