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    Nov 29, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  1. Medical worker charged in Hepatitis C infections

    WASHINGTON – A nomadic medical technician who wandered in and out of hospital jobs from the desert Southwest to New England was indicted Thursday by a federal grand jury in connection with a Hepatitis C outbreak that infected more than 30 patients at a New Hampshire hospital with the potentially life-threatening disease, and possibly 4,000 more in Pennsylvania, Maryland and other states.
    WASHINGTON – A nomadic medical technician who wandered in and out of hospital jobs from the desert Southwest to New England was indicted Thursday by a federal grand jury in connection with a Hepatitis C outbreak that infected more than 30 patients...

    Tags: Lifestyle and Leisure, Hospitals and Clinics, Medical Procedures and Tests, Diseases and Illnesses, Viral Diseases and Infections

    2. Jun 27, 2012 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  2. CDC proposes testing baby boomers for hepatitis C

    A new proposal to screen all baby boomers for hepatitis C means doctors face the prospect of educating an entire generation about an infection often associated with risky behaviors, such as sharing needles and unprotected sexual contact.
    A new proposal to screen all baby boomers for hepatitis C means doctors face the prospect of educating an entire generation about an infection often associated with risky behaviors, such as sharing needles and unprotected sexual contact. A blood-borne...

    Tags: Healthy Diet, Preventative Medicine, University of Chicago, John Ward, Drugs and Medicines

    3. Jul 20, 2012 |Story| KWCH

  3. Hepatitis C danger for Hays patients

    The Kansas Department of Health and Environment and HaysMed in Hays are working jointly to notify patients who underwent cardiac catheterization from May 24, 2010, to September 22, 2010, of potential exposure to hepatitis C.
    KWCH 12 Eyewitness News
    The Kansas Department of Health and Environment and HaysMed in Hays are working jointly to notify patients who underwent cardiac catheterization from May 24, 2010, to September 22, 2010, of potential exposure to hepatitis C. The U.S. Attorney for the...

    Tags: Hepatitis, Cardiac Catheterization, Medical Procedures and Tests

    4. Nov 18, 2012 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  4. State board says it can regulate compounding pharmacies

    The state board that regulates Maryland pharmacies like the Massachusetts firm under investigation in a national fungal meningitis outbreak said it can adequately oversee so-called compounding pharmacies, despite cries from critics that the federal government should have more authority.
    The state board that regulates Maryland pharmacies like the Massachusetts firm under investigation in a national fungal meningitis outbreak said it can adequately oversee so-called compounding pharmacies, despite cries from critics that the federal...

    Tags: Career and Workplace, Government, Crime, Law and Justice, Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center , Hospitals and Clinics

    5. Nov 5, 2012 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  5. Maryland confirms first hepatitis C case linked to arrested med tech

    Health officials in Maryland confirmed Monday the state's first hepatitis C case directly linked to traveling medical technician David Kwiatkowski, whose arrest by federal law enforcement officials in July in connection with a hepatitis C outbreak in New Hampshire sparked a nationwide probe of patients he had contact with.
    Health officials in Maryland confirmed Monday the state's first hepatitis C case directly linked to traveling medical technician David Kwiatkowski, whose arrest by federal law enforcement officials in July in connection with a hepatitis C outbreak in...

    Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Hospitals and Clinics, Veterans Affairs, Wars and Interventions, Health

    6. Nov 3, 2012 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  6. Suspect in hepatitis C outbreak portrayed as traveling addict

    When David Kwiatkowski was found slurring his words and smelling of alcohol in a Boston-area hotel room littered with prescription pills late one July night, his life as a traveling medical technician had largely unraveled already.
    When David Kwiatkowski was found slurring his words and smelling of alcohol in a Boston-area hotel room littered with prescription pills late one July night, his life as a traveling medical technician had largely unraveled already. In his early 30s, he...

    Tags: Drug Trafficking, Alzheimer's Disease, Punishment, Pharmaceuticals, Chemical Industry

    7. Oct 29, 2012 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  7. Report finds state oversight of compounding pharmacies lax

    As Massachusetts closed another compounding pharmacy for unsanitary conditions, a report released Monday argued that the state boards that regulate those pharmacies are doing an inadequate job.
    As Massachusetts closed another compounding pharmacy for unsanitary conditions, a report released Monday argued that the state boards that regulate those pharmacies are doing an inadequate job. Released by Massachusetts Rep. Edward J. Markey, the...

    Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Edward J Markey, Annapolis, Meningitis, American Medical Association

    8. Oct 24, 2012 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  8. 17 sue Columbia firm over hepatitis C exposure

    A class-action lawsuit has been filed against a Columbia-based medical staffing agency claiming it acted negligently in 2008 by hiring and placing a medical technician who allegedly went on to expose the plaintiffs to hepatitis C.
    A class-action lawsuit has been filed against a Columbia-based medical staffing agency claiming it acted negligently in 2008 by hiring and placing a medical technician who allegedly went on to expose the plaintiffs to hepatitis C. The lawsuit also says...

    Tags: Laws, Crime, Law and Justice, Hospitals and Clinics, Theft, Justice System

    9. Oct 24, 2012 |Story| Daily American

  9. Should medical marijuana be legalized?

    NO By ANNA KNOBLACH Meyersdale   There is a reason that marijuana is an illegal substance. While the effects from medicinal marijuana have been scientifically proven to slow AIDS wasting, reduce the negative effects of chemotherapy and alleviate...

    Tags: LSD, Cancer, Prescription Drugs, Glaucoma, OxyContin (drug)

    10. Oct 12, 2012 |Column| Allentown Morning Call

  10. PA tattoo parlor health dangers cited by state auditor general

    Among America's 10 most populous states, Pennsylvania is the only one that does not license or regulate a particularly ugly form of intentional deformity.
    Among America's 10 most populous states, Pennsylvania is the only one that does not license or regulate a particularly ugly form of intentional deformity. A license is not necessary in Pennsylvania to operate a commercial establishment where steel...

    Tags: Tuberculosis, Julie Harhart, MRSA, Health, Allentown

    11. Oct 4, 2012 |Story| KWCH

  11. Second Hays patient sues over Hepatitis C diagnosis

    A second patient at Hays Medical Center is suing after contracting a strain of hepatitis C linked to a traveling hospital technician.
    A second patient at Hays Medical Center is suing after contracting a strain of hepatitis C linked to a traveling hospital technician. Tom Walters of rural Catharine filed a lawsuit Monday against a Pennsylvania hospital and two medical staffing agencies....

    Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Trials, Litigation

    12. Sep 12, 2012 |Story| South Florida Sun-Sentinel

  12. Ex radiology tech gets 30-years for infecting patients with Hepatitis C

    It looks like the judge really stuck it to this guy.
    FloriDUH
    It looks like the judge really stuck it to this guy. Steven Beumel, 49, admittedly swiped syringes loaded with pain meds during patients' procedures done at the Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville and then replaced them with syringes of saline with dirty...

    Tags: Mayo Clinic

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