home to 10,000 injection drug users, an estimated 1 in 5 has hiv, one out of 3 has hepatitis c. >> i met with people so desperate they found a syringe on the ground, picked it up and used it. >> he's better than fighting to get a needle exchange program set up in miami dade county. >> we have the absence of any intervention to prevent disease. that is very dangerous in a city with the highest rate of hiv in the country. one out of every ten people have hiv, if they're injecting drugs and don't have cleaning vings they'rsyringesthey're going to spread it to each other. >> use of clean needles has been shown to reduce the spread of decease by 30% or more. >> after injection it's easy to have a skin or soft tissue infection in your skin or arm. if they progress they can enter the bone bloodstream and the heart. >> a study tracking injection drug user at jackson memorial hospital found these infections in one year alone led to 17 deaths. >> we're basically withholding a treatment known to protect, not right anywhere, not right in miami. >> it's not cheap either. lifetime health care for

so talk to your doctor and find out if you have hepatitis c. it could save your life.now more. >> benicia, san ramon, san mateo, and all the bay area, this is abc7 news. >> you are look at a rescue operation on the sonoma coast, a young girl and her mom were in danger of drowning in the heavy surf and the lifeguard saved them both being called a hero this morning. this happened on friday on goat rock beach. the photo shows the family holding hands, watching the water, moms after that, a waive knocked them down and dragged them out into the sea. the lifeguard jumped into the icy water. >> you have to move fast. you go after the littlest one and they will have the heart evidence time. >> i got to her her eyes were should, she was scared and in a fetal position. i put my hand on her. i said, we are going to make it. >> he put the girl on a rescue helicopter and want back to get her mother. he was hospitalized for hypothermia but as can you see he is okay now and back at the beach. >> now back to the oscars. lieutenant governor newsome took to twitter after a joke. >> are

karin: it' s a contagious illness that attacks the liver and it' s on the rise in s rate of hepatitis c infection is among the highest in the country. more than 1100 cases were diagnosed in 2015. that' s up 27% from the year before. hamilton county' s hep-c numbers have also risen from 1150 cases in 2014 to 1774 last year. >> what' s the most alarming to us in public health is that we' re seeing so many more cases in that 25 to 34 age group. we know that' s also the age group where we' re seeing a lot of opiates due to the disease of addiction. karin: health officials say our region' s struggle with hepatitis c is closely tied to high rates of intravenous drug use, like heroin. >> we' re seeing more cases of hepatitis and we' re also watching very carefully the hiv numbers. karin: people often become infected with both viruses through sharing needles and syringes. locally, hiv numbers have stayed relatively the same. for health officials, stopping the spread of these infectious diseases begins the war on drugs. >> we need to think about this as a society as a disease, just not a moral f

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home to near 10,000 injection users an estimated 1 in 5 has hiv, one out of three has hepatitis c. >> i've seen people who were so desperate they see a syringe and use it. >> he's been fighting to get a needle exchange set up in miami-dade county. >> we have action of intervention to prevent disease. that is a very dangerous situation in a city that's high in hiv, one out of five has hiv, if they are injecting and exchanging syringes they are just going to spread it to each other. >> injection drug users by 30% or more. but tukes says it's not just hiv. even basic infections can result in devastating illness. >> after somebody injects with a dirty syringe it's very easy to have a skin or sort of tissue injection in the arm where the person last injected. thens can progress, entering the bone, the bloodstream and the heart. those are the patients that die. >> a study found these infections in one year alone led to 17 deaths. >> we're basically withholding a treatment known to prevent disease from a group of vulnerable people in that is not right. it is not anywhere, not right in the un

hepatitis "c" is spread by people sharing dirty needles... so its another symptom of the heroin epidemic in the tri-state. from 2014 to 2015 hepatitis "c" infections increased 30 percent in grant county. williamstown has already signed-off on having the exchange. for a look at what's happening in sports we check in with nine on your side sports director john popovich. basketballs bouncing all over up.and marge schott used to ask..."why do they call him sweet lou"....good question....he's coming back for a special day...sports is good evening everyone....he was the last manager in cincinnati to deliver a world series title. lou piniella loved to win....just hated the thought of losing. lost in many of his theatrics is how he took over in 1990 and guided the reds to a wire to wire championship. we're told lou has mellowed over the years...and he will be back in cincinnati to act as the grand marshall for the findlay market opening day parade. piniella was also recently hired as a senior advisor to the reds baseball operations. pitchers and catc

similar vein to biogen, will have something for hepatitis b as in b, and they have something for hepatitis c as in charlie. they're working on hepatitis b as in b. this is a bit of a long shot. wall street doesn't expect it to work. but if it were to work, it would transform the company, and you're paying a single digit pe for that stock right now. moving down market cap, i would have a look at a stock that's been a loser this year, down 38% year-to-da year-to-date, called biomarin, had a setback in early january. however, they have lots of new drugs coming out in the next three months. i think most of these will be positive, and is likely to drive that stock higher. and your down side from 65 now is $10. so not nothing. but it dwarfs the up side, as much as 30 or $40 a share. >> it sounds even with the recommendations, because of the

hepatitis "c" is spread by people sharing dirty needles... so its another symptom of the heroin epidemic in the tri-state. from 2014 to 2015 hepatitis "c" infections increased 30 percent in grant county. williamstown has already signed-off on having the exchange. a deadly crash shuts down interstate 71.the latest from the scene and alternate routes just ahead. ad lib look from mount adams this morning.just ahead jennifer will have your breaking at 6 - a deadly crash overnight and police say a wrongway driver is to blame! and this could tie up your commute for hours! we're tracking every update for you! and *apple* now part of a terror investigation. what the f-b-i is demanding from the tech giant this morning. a police chase with children the car. what we're learning about the suspect - and what's happening in the case today! we start your good morning tri-state on this wednesday with breaking news. news.you can see these flashing lights - that's southbound i-71 where all lanes are shut down at dana. police say a woman driving the wrong way h

. >> she is fighting hepatitis c and an insurance company says treated. up next the man coming to her as john kasich has risen, rubio and bush have gone negative. doing "whatever it takes to win," is not presidential. john kasich did cut ohio's taxes. cut state spending. turned a deficit into a surplus. brought back jobs from mexico and china. that's john kasich, that's conservative, and that's presidential. new day for america is responsible for the content of >>> a wrung woman fighting hepatitis c and her insurance company won't pay for treatment. >> apparently because she is not sick enough. after the i-team told the story a viewer found a way to help and lauren leamanczyk has the story. >> reporter: a weak dmosh a weak ago i didn't feel any hope. >> reporter: when nicole told the story to wbz she didn't know where to turn she was infected with hepatitis c by a man who abducted her. but while that suspect received life saving treatment in prison, nicole was left with this letter. >> therefore your request has been denied. >> reporter: her insurance com

the hepatitis c drugs are cured. we are going to have spectacular cures with respect for diabetes, cancers and the like. the question will be, will americans be able to afford to get those cures? that is going to certainly be a debate that would be for the faint hearted. i am really glad that we are going to have you for close to an additional year and i appreciate particularly the way you constantly come back to pulling people together. ..

we all want new oncology products looks what jimmy carter took to reduce his carry, hepatitis c drugs, these are conversations we want, how much do we want to sacrifice cost for innovative? that's a productive but politically popular conversation. >>py need a quick answer, how much would allowing medicare to negotiate the prices of drugs retard the expansion or rise in drug pricing? >> it wouldn't do much. we require medicare cover basically every drug. because of that, you can negotiate all you want on price as a group, but the pharmaceutical firms know you have to cover their drug in the end. if you want to use medicare to lower prices what you have to do is allow them to exclude drugs, that's going to mean some seniors won't get the drugs that they want. >> on that note, craig, thank you so much for your perspective and shedding light on what is a top of mind topic right now. craig garthwife, northwestern university's kellogg school of management. >>> relative calm on wall street though the session was choppy, stock swings were noticeable but weren't of the magnitude that investors

several people contracted hepatitis-c as a result.. right now, take a good look at your screen. this is 81- year-old.... richard boisy junior. north las vegas police need your help finding him. they say he may be in danger! he has been missing since thursday... he left his home near revere and tropical and never came back. his family says he may have early on-set dementia. if you see him, call north las vegas police right away. a crash near the 215 and charleston. you can see a car flipped over onto it's roof. no word on what caused the crash. according to nhp no one was hurt. a live look outside right now across the valley. it has felt almost like springhere this weekend. but will those temperatures stick around. let's check in with 13 action news meteorologist karla huelga and weather first to find out. forecast. we've already broken into the 70s this afternoon and high in the low 70s through at least next weekend. expect breezy winds through tomorrow night here in the valley with gusts peaking to about 25 mph. a wind advisory is in effect for the colorado river valley and lak

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a surgical tech at another hospital was diverting painkillers and she had hepatitis c and infected close to 30 people. she received 30 years in prison for that. we are not at the present time here, and there is a criminal case in this case but it's ongoing and headed up by the englewood police department. kim? >> and that previous case got so much attention and you can scared. >> reporter: i got an individual who got a phone call and said he was going through a lot and dealing with a number of medical issues and to get the phone call and say, hey, you need to go down to the facility and get tested for hiv, it's very stressful. the chances are incredibly low, but, kim, as you might imagine, if you're the one that gets the phone call, it's alarming. >> as dr. john said, get the testing asap. >> reporter: get the testing right away, and on the off chance there is an infection, you need to be tested right away. >> chris, thank you very much. we know you will follow up. >>> we are getting the latest from cherry creek when a dog was shot and killed. fired when smizzy slipped out of his harness

putting out a warning that one its employee cost have put one of its patients at rest can of hiv, hepatitis c and help pilots b. many people have been told that they need a blood test. >> reporter: kyle, swedish is not saying how that drug theft risk. the dates they want people to be aware of are august 17, 2015 through january 22, 2016. we spoke to patients who are understandably ainge ricks especially one man -- angry, he has been through this before. >> he knew what he was doing. >> it's difficult enough that i have a new life with a wheelchair that i have to learn how to live differently right now. having this happen is is pretty devastating. >> reporter: evans was treated at swedish hospital and learned wednesday he will need to be and hepatitis c. part of an investigation into a former surgical technician. >> i think this hit me the hardest. i kind of sat in my room and broke down for a while. >> reporter: he is one of 3000 patients finding out the startling news. >> you have the right to stay silent, you understand >> reporter: the same case happened against an or center. she was convi

sheree: a new tool to help stop the spread of hepatitis c fueled s heroin epidemic. the northern kentucky health department now has the approval to open its first needle exchange in williamstown. the goal is to reduce the number of hep-c cases, by stopping drug addicts from sharing needles. the health department says last year alone there were 1100 cases of hepatitis c in northern kentucky. there may be additional cases of the zika virus in central ohio. tonight 4 specimens from columbus and 3 from franklin county were sent to the cdc for testing. so far there have been 4 confirmed cases in ohio. 1 of them reported in butler county. the world health organization says it might be necessary to use genetically modified mosquitos to help wipe out the insects that are now spreading the virus. kentucky high school students may soon be required to learn cpr at school. the state senate passed a bill that requires all students to pass a cpr course as a part of their regular curriculum. supporters of the bill say they want to create a whole generation of students that know thi

lisa: there were more than 1100 cases of hepatitis c in northern kentucky in 2015. now the health department is taking steps to stop the outbreak. they are now offering hepatitis c testing at health centers in boone, campbell, grant and kenton counties. grant county is also starting a syringe access exchange program. from ohio, is now working on legislation to address lead concerns in water, sooner. the announcement follows ohio' s epa calling for a federal overhaul. senator brown says he wants to speed up community notification and the response cities have to take. current u.s. standards, require you to be notified, within 60 days of high lead readings. lisa: the campaign trail is heating up. mark: how donald trump could be taking his fight with ted cruz to the next level. and the tough issues john kasich is tackling during his town hall in michigan. lisa: a swarm of tornadoes hammered the south. we take a look of the damage, and the effort to save a woman trapped in the degree -- in the debris. s, into the overnight, dropping below freezing once again. we take a l

she says it could also help stop the spread of another blood borne illness --hepatitis c. cases of hep c have spiked over the last year. users can be infected with both hep c and hiv when they share contaminated needles. "but we know from other communities, the lesson to be learned from scott county that the hiv rates are going to go up." dr. saddler is referring to scott county, indiana. last year -- an hiv outbreak there drew national attention. indiana's governor declared a public health care emergency and authorized a short-term needle exchange program to contain the outbreak. but some critics needles encourages drug use. our sister station in louisville recently went undercover for five weeks, watching needle exchanges in scott county. they watched people taking free ones in. they also observed addicts shoot up right after receiving their clean syringes. straight to a nearby business and left her used drug paraphernalia on the floor. but health officials still insisted the thousand. the lifetime care of those infected would cost 2 billion dollars. so far, getting the n

it actually cures hepatitis c. the problem is it's so wildly expensive, the department of veterans affairs can't afford to give it to all of the vets who so desperately need it. dr. raymond shinazi is in the business of securing diseases and business is good. when his private company invented and sold a cure to hepatitis c to gilead in 2012 he personally made over $400 million. sold as harvoni or solvaldi, one treatment costs up to $84,000. the department of veterans affairs get a 50% discount. even so, it spent over a billion dollars on the drugs last year alone. but as we first reported in december, the v.a. is also where the doctor has worked since 1983. >> i'm 7/8th of a government employee and not full-time so what i do with my remaining time is up to me. >> reporter: you're only spending 1/8th of your time on government. >> less than that. >> reporter: has anybody questioned the arrangement you have? >> nobody has ever questioned that. >> reporter: that is about to change. >> i want to ask him how, other than

was a surgical technician at rose medical center, who infected at least 18 hospital patients with hepatitis c. she was convicted of stealing the liquid painkiller fentanyl. leaving behind her dirty sirjs that were used on patients. who got c. >> disappointed and saddened because the patients that i represented really worked hard to put in safe guards, to prevent this from happening and hearing that this may endanger a whole other set of patients is >>reporter: now, both rose medical center and swedish are health one hospitals and i am told that both the state health department and the angle wood investigated. if you think that you are one of these patients, if you had surgery here at swedish, during that time period, there is a number that you can call to notified yet. website. reporting live in englewood. cbs4 news. >>> cathy, thanks very much. a tragic story from northern colorado a man is killed in an accident while driving to the hospital. to watch the birth of his son. the state patrol says he spun out on an icy highway 85 on monday, a few miles south of the wyoming border. he hit a truc

i'm going, they want to test me for hiv, hepatitis c, hepatitis b. >> arlene is one of more than 200atients who were notified about an infection control breach at the hospital from june of 2013 to september of 2014. former hospital pharmacist frederick mcleash accused of of tampering with medication and stealing morphine. he's alleged to have removed morphine from vials intended to be used in intravenous solutions on patients and refilling them with saline solution. >> i was up all night thursday night, friday morning i'm scre screaming. i'm at this testing site screaming at these guys. arlene immediately went for testing at the facility set up by the hospital. thankfully she tested negative for hiv and hepatitis b and c. but she's still unnerved that she's just finding out about this potential health scare. >> it just seems like we should have known about this before now. >> reporter: shore medical center released this statement... ♪ mcleash was terminated from his position after the hospital in 2014. he is also surrendered his state farm see license and he is now facing a number of

nearly 3-thousand swedish medical center patients need to be tested for hiv, hepatitis b and hepatitis c. believes one of its former employees put thousands of surgical patients at risk of getting those viruses. the testing is part of an investigation into the employee. a colorado public health spokesperson says it involves the possible 'diversion of drugs' 9news legal analyst scott robinson says diversion of drugs by a medical employee is theft. right now we don't know how the theft put patients at risk. patrick evans was treated at swedish medical center. he told us he found out yesterday that he had to get tested. we're not naming the surgical tech because he has not been arrested or charged. but there is a criminal investigation. the hospital says they have no evidence patients were exposed but they're being cautious. schools to have life saving defibrillators. 14-year-old kaine greathouse knows first hand just how important an a-e-d can be in an prepare for the super bowl... and peyton manning has been facing a lot of questions about his future. in answering those questions - he rev

i'm going, they want to test me for hiv, hepatitis c, hepatitis b. >> arlene is one of more than 200 patients who were notified about an infection control breach at the hospital from june of 2013 to september of 2014. former hospital pharmacist frederick mcleash accused of of tampering with medication and stealing morphine. he's alleged to have removed morphine from vials intended to be used in intravenous solutions on patients and refilling them with saline solution. >> i was up all night thursday night, friday morning i'm scre screaming. i'm at this testing site screaming at these guys. arlene immediately went for testing at the facility set up by the hospital. thankfully she tested negative for hiv and hepatitis b and c. but she's still unnerved that she's just finding out about this potential health scare. >> it just seems like we should have known about this before now. >> reporter: shore medical center released this statement... ♪ mcleash was terminated from his position after the hospital in 2014. he is also surrendered his state farm see license and he is now facing a number

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swedish medical center says they may have been exposed to hiv, hepatitis b or c. because of a former surgical technician accused of stealing drugs. his name is rocky allen. his license has been suspended. between august 17, 2015 and january 22 of this year if you've had surgery, you may be at risk. >> it's disgusting. it's disgusting. certain people who have issues in rehab for and everything else, but to put other people's disgusting. >> officials say allen, a surgery tech, stole a syringe painkiller. it took place before a procedure in january. officials say he replaced it with a generic syringe. >>> a man says a couple showed him a gun and demanded his keys. the couple has been connected to a carjacking in a shopping >> they knew what they were doing. >> the man says he's changed `is locks of his house and the pair of suspects could be connected to least one other crime in the city. >>> sad news for the broncos this morning. defensive lineman antonio smith, his father just passed away after undergoing heart surgery. he has been in prison more than 20 years. smi

he specifically did but conceivably, they are saying he might have put patients at risk of hiv, hepatitis c and hepatitis b. out of an abundance of caution, swedish is advising patients to get test for the diseases. we are told there is no evidence any patient was infected, and we don't know if the employ himself was infected, either. for some perspective, we asked our own dr. john torres why the way that could be so alarming. >> it's 1 of those cases to be over cautious rather than have it the other way around saying we didn't check and people are having problems because of that. >> reporter: here are the basics: 2900 people will be warned. the key here, the dates of the surgery. this only impacts people who had surgery between august 17th of last year and january 22nd of this year. if you had surgery outside of those dates or impacted the hospital for other reasons, this does not impact you according to the hospital. those who need to get tested will have the cost of the tests picked up for them by swedish. swedishs it will not release the employee's name right now. we know the englewood