but doctor mera discovered half of his hepatitis c patients are younger than 50. now, under the tribe's hep c elimination program, anyone over age 20 who comes through the cherokee health system, for any reason, is screened for hep c, regardless of other risk factors. >> we're doing age targeted screening. we're not doing screening based on risk factors, first because we know it doesn't work well. many providers will not ask risk factors with patients. they don't have the time to do it or it is a sensitive issue. >> reporter: when gaye wheeler was diagnosed as part of the hep c elimination program, she told a nurse she was worried about the treatment. friends -- and a close male relative -- had experienced debilitating side effects like fatigue and depression. >> i said, what medication am i going to have to take? and she said wl there's new medications. and i was like, okay. but you know in my own mind after i hung up, i thought, wow, is this going to be like what he had to go through? >> reporter: in addition to those side effects, the main drugs used to treat h

he tested positive for hepatitis c in 2003. doctors treated gene with interferinterfereon, but it did. $94,500 three month course of treatment for harvoni. >> this was going to be cure-all, according to everything we read, 94% of the people are cured. so he felt good about it. >> but gene and karen quickly learned getting approved for harvoni would be a struggle. his be insurance was through aetna. through two different doctors, gene was denied twice. the second denial said karen stated that gene wouldn't take illegal drugs or alcohol but karen says they did send that letter. >> i couldn't believe it. we actually called them, i never forget, my husband got on the phone and said to the representative who picked up he said you know you just put a nail in my coffin. >> the couple began a serious effort to unravel the situation and get approval for harvoni. gene's doctor who declined to speak to us, wrote a letter on september 2nd. said, the patient is cerotic, the patient must be started on this immediately. it would be malpractic

home to over 10,000 10,000 injn drug users, a 1 in 5 has hiv, one in 10 has hepatitis c. >> so desperatey picked up a needle and used it. >>> fighting to get a needle exchange program settle up in miami-dade county. >> we have the absence of any intervention to prevent disease so that's very dangerous in a city that has the highest rate of hiv in the country, one in every five people in miami have hiv. if they don't have clean syringes they're going to spread it to each other. >> needle exchange programs have been shown to reduce rates of hiv in jeks dru in injection drug users. >> it's easy to have a skin or soft tissue infection, if the infections can progress they can enter the bone the bloodstream and the heart. those are the types of patients that die. >> a study of injection drug users at jackson memorial hospital showed 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. that's not right, it's not right anywhere, not in the united states, not in miami. >> lifetime care for hiv c

curative treatment for hepatitis c but you need to screen and recognize that you have hepatitis c. for hepatitis b, there is actually a vaccine that can prevent it. number one. and number two, there is also a highly effective treatment. so knowing about these viruses and the link, in terms of cancer, it is very important for all of the stake holders, the patients, the american population, and care-giver, and policy makers to know that these are important viruses and they are linked to cancer, that can be prevented. and it will come to education of every level, from media, to discussions with policy makers, and care givers. and there are screening projects that actually can prevent some of these, to actually beco doctor, thank you very much for being with us and as part of the media, we are getting the word out and i know are you talking to people on capitol hill on monday. again, thank you very much. >> my pleasure. >>> metro's new general manager says the transit system is in a worst condition than k3-79ed. paul weederfeld spoke publicly about the state of the transit system yester

so talk to your doctor and find out if you have hepatitis c. it could save your life. know more. francisco, east bay and all of the bay area , this is abc7 news. >>> tonight these dogs are looking for new homes. they are just some of the animals that are part of an animal cruelty investigation in contra costa county. officials say a couple packed 19 dogs into the back of a truck with little or no food or water. here is abc7 news reporter cornell bernard. >> reporter: pom-pom is recovering alongside several of her friends at the contra costa animal shelter. she was one of 19 dogs cramped in a u haul truck found parked in this street in bay point. the dogs were sick and starving. >> some with mange and some with abrasions and some with tumors. >> sheriff deputy arrested a transient couple who kept the dogs as pets charging them with animal cruelty. two of the animals were too sick and had to be euthanatized. this is biggie. he just had surgery and was malnourished and was recovering nicely. >> they were parking here day after day. >> the couple's u haul was a common sight. >> did y

so talk to your doctor and find out if you have hepatitis c. it could save your life. know more. look, i know you're ka cow and all. and you may not know what i'm talking about, but, uh. the yogurt made from your milk, is delicious. mmmm, yoplait. it's the second leading cancer killer in the u.s. but, it is almost entirely preventable. most colon cancers start as polyps. and screening finds polyps, so they can be removed, before they even turn into cancer. if you're over 50, get screened for colorectal cancer. screening saves lives. >>> walnut creek issue burlingame, campbell, and all the bay area, this is abc7 news. >> isis has suffered a first major defeat since an international agreement to fight terrorism in syria. southern government forces took control of the city yesterday of palmerna that had visitors visiting the 2,000-year-old monuments that isis has restored. russia will step in to remove landmines. >> washington, dc, a republican senator is planning to go against his party and meet with supreme court nominee judge merrick garland. senator mark kirk of illinois will me

so talk to your doctor and find out if you have hepatitis c. it could save your life. know more.i have an asthma attack... i feel like a fish with no water. learn how to prevent your child's next asthma attack. because even one attack is one too many. >>> los altos, antioch, petaluma and all the bay area, this is abc7 news. >> despite our rain pacifica will tear down a red tagged apartment tomorrow. apartment tomorrow. the complex at 320 ocean. >> a commercial building in los angeles is burned rubble. can you see why. flames devoured the one story building near downtown. more than 100 firefighters battled the place. part of the structure come listened. crews are still at the scene. >> the serial stowaway, marilyn hartman, is in jail this morning. she walked away from a mental health treatment center. a judge sent her to the center after she was arrested in chicago at o'hare, the judge wanted her if she walked out the mention stop would be james. she managed to board and fly without a ticket from several airports including san jose international airport. she has been caught at sfo

mark's hepatitis c drug saying it is relatively weak.ition for gilead than what investors had been looking for. he has said all along that gilead is the 800 pound gorilla in the hepatitis c space. a volatile ride for the stock over the last two years to read interesting to see how all of that plays out. betty: thank you so much. abigail doolittle at the nasdaq. much more ahead. a battle of the charts. it will be consensus who wins this time. junk bonds losing some luster. lisa abramowicz will go head-to-head with matt miller in a few minutes. ♪ betty: live from new york, on bonnie lou -- i'm betty liu. vonnie: i'm vonnie quinn. look at business stories in the news right now. says the ceo is leaving. he will be replaced by founder tim westergren. changes are effective immediately. back in february people with knowledge of the matter said pandora is working with morgan stanley to reach out to potential buyers. squeeze assetedit management is leaving the swiss bank. -- credit suites asset management is leaving the swiss bank. tickets for op

pete treats hepatitis c and hiv patients for free. but because he has medicaid, the drug he needs has been out of reach. >> my last chance was calling abc action news and seeing if making this public and letting them know what state well is doing to their patients that someone will do something. >> reporter: we reached out to a private insurance company managing medicaid. list that other medications to treat hepatitis c are. it goes on to say that members can seek coverage for a nonpreferred drug if preferred options prove ineffective. >> he is dying in front of me and i can't -- i can't let that happen. >> reporter: dr. wallace says how much time sanger has left is now in well care and the state's hands. >> the longer i wait, the more it becomes that it will be too last. >> reporter: i'm carson chambers, abc action news. >> carson, thank you. >>> an arizona woman who blamed her husband for cheating and giving her an std is now suing the health clinic that treated her. she claims the clinic ruined her marriage. the lawsuit says after

several years ago health officials were startled when they discovered hepatitis c cases in northern kentucky were 19 times the national rate. < jennifer hunter, director of clinical services:> {04:08 "they had actually told us, 'i am sharing needles with other {04:13{jtrack: if hunter can't help people get clean, she says can at least help them be more safe. hunter is helping launch the first needle exchange program in northern kentucky. the program begins wednesday afternoon in williamstown in the grant county health department . to participate you don't have to be from grant county or even kentucky. you also don't have to give your name to get fresh needles. nurses will be on hand to offer treatment. the challenge hunter says, will be getting addicts to try something new. < jennifer hunter, director of clinical services, northern kentucky health department:>{07:35 "what everybody tells us is it takes some time for them [the addicts] to build trust. maybe the firs tor second week nobody will show up." {07:43{07:55 "we're ready for that. it might not happen. we might not get anyone tomorrow,

hepatitis c. those cases, in the area he indiana, some of the highest of hepatitis c. >> got infected, half am them don't know they have an infection. >> julie was recently tested. >> told me to come in. i had, and it sucked. i thought like, wow, it's going to happen to me. nothing could happen to me. >> julie's body appears to be fighting the virus off on its own. for others -- >> they don't get treated. it is a major public burden. >> that burden, partly because the virus could shut down the liver and cause liver cancer, which is costly to treat later. the medications also a problem for some, because it's expensive and many cannot afford, if they have copays, if they don't have insurance. >> as always, invite your questions for tri-state providers. >>> we want to let you know our website, local 12.m could, in response to the growing heroin epidemic. we have the hooked on heroin news section. it puts many of the heroin related stories in one place. >>> severe storms are forcing thousands of people. officials call for the mandatory evacuations of 3500 homes. at least three people have

so talk to your doctor and find out if you have hepatitis c. it could save your life.y so skinny ♪ >> okay. leading us off is controversy surrounding robert de niro. >> the legendary actor responding to accusations of censorship after he canceled the premiere of a documentary at his tribeca film festival. the documentary is called "vaxed" and it focuses on the widely debunked theory claiming vaccines are to blame for the rise in autism. >> it is directed by the former doctor who lost his license for backing vaccines and autism. de niro initially defended the decision to screen the film at tribeca revealing one of his children has autism. >> but after mounting pressure over the weekend, the decision was made to cancel the screening. de niro explained in a statement after reviewing the scientific community and the tribeca team, we do not believe it contributes to or furthers the discussion i had hoped for. >> in response the film's producer said "tribeca's actions will not succeed in denying the world access to the truth behind the film." >>> so, next, it was no day at t

even after people are in recovery.local health experts say cases of hepatitis-c have exploded not just in the tri-state, but around the country.the consequences can be life long, and heartbreaking to those who live through addiction. julie baird has been sober now for 21 months.she says her familys' prayers have kept her from giving up.her mother mindy recently wrote this poem, called you will never understand. 3 until you have had to bath your adult child and hold them didn't want to die...youll never understand..she says too many daughters are dying in this heroin epidemic.julie recently tested positive for hepatitis-c, but her body appears to be fighting it off on its own.but not everyone is so lucky ...and now julie hopes her journey will inspire others, and serve as a warning. 3 a technology used to treat cancer in humans is now available to treat pets. doctors found a mast cell tumor on mac hussey's dog bindy's snout last year.it would have been hard to remove... but she was a perfect candidate for a new treatment offered at care center in sycamore township. only a few facilities

excedrin . o forget your hepatitis c. v but you shouldn't forget this. hep c is a serious disease. left untreated it can lead to potentially liver cancer. but you haven't been forgotten. there's never been a better timec because people like you may benefit from scientific advances that could help cure your hep c. visit hepchope.comeducator to help prepare you for a conversation with the video at the target store that did not show him and thus blew up his alibi. d she showed them e-mails and played a voicemail in which he threatened her. >> nailah played that voicemail se she was so terrified and essentially, in said, nailah, i'm going to have you erased, i'm going to make you disappear. >> narrator: in fact said the hat's exactly what he did. snuck into her building, led herrrified to the garage, into her own car.w did they find out where? cell phone towers, linked together like bred crumbs. anybody, she's not answering calls, her texts are all odd. but her phone and his phone were step, the entire rest of the day. >> narrator: right to the abandoned video store behind lah's body.

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vyou've tried to forget your hepatitis c. v but you shouldn't forget this. hep c is a serious disease. left untreated it can lead to liver damage and potentially liver cancer. but you haven't been forgotten. there's never been a better time to rethink your hep c because people like you may benefit from scientificic advances that could help cure your hep c. visit hepchope.com to help prepare you for a conversation with your hep c specialist. >>> it was a big search? >> how overwhelming was that? >> you know, t the world seems so big when you're looking for someone. >> narrator: imagine, all of chicago, and nailah wowould be anywhere, tied up in a basement, in the trunk of a car, or worse. then middle of the night, 20 miles south of town in a place called calumet c city, a cop was on routine patrol checking out a golf course parking lot. his name is calvin lucius. >> i was in this area right here, i noticed right in front of me, six perfectly stakt ly ly stacked cardboard boxes right in the parking lot. something stood out, so i'm like something's not right her

hepatitis c can be in your system with no symptoms until later in life. doctors say it can slowly cause liver cancer or cirrhosis. here is what you need to do. if you were born between 1945 and 1965, ask your doctor to test you for hepatitis c. early treatment canave a life. in new jersey there is a bill being debated that would require hospitals to do the tests. >>> our next story now vividly demonstrates why drinking and driving don't mix. take a look at this dash cam video. police in roselle, illinois pulled over a woman driving a car with a 15-foot tree lodged in its grill. officers say the air bags were deployed, apparently from the impact of hitting that tree. while near the tree nor the deter the woman from pressing on wherever she was going, as you might have surmised by now, she is facing a dui charge. the incident happened back in january. >> you know you're drunk when you hit a tree and keep on going. >> it would appear so. indeed. >> we'll be right back with bruce beck in sports. it's the little moments that make the biggest waves. kalahari re

the government ha that treats hepatitis c. but as your scott mcfarlane and the i-team found out, the government has to find a way to continue paying for it. >> bernard krosky doesn't like to talk about 1968. an army sergeant fighting in vietnam. >> i got shot four different times. twice in two weeks. >> wounded in the head and neck. but that's not all. >> you got hepatitis c, also? >> yes. >> in the four decades since, hepatitis c began destroying his liver. doctors at the va caught it and advise he try a new pill. >> he said you need to get on this program. >> doctors say harvoni and another new medicine are cutting edge, highly effective and there's universal agreement that's deserved and earned the treatment free of charge. the problem is, bernard kroskey he took for 16 weeks cost each. treating just one veteran can cause the va and ultimately taxpayers an estimated $40,000. the drug maker says the pills cost less than previous treatments used to fight hepp c because it offer as cure. but the company is nevertheless under n

so talk to your doctor and find out if you have hepatitis c. it could save your life. know more.ember, my mother smoked. she died from lung cancer when i was 16. i could not take the chance of continuing smoking and not being here for my daughter. i know how much i needed my mom still, and i didn't realize it until i had lost her. you can quit. for free help, call 1-800-quit-now. >>> making news in america this morning -- historic visit. president obama waking up in cuba. a full schedule including a meeting with raul castro. and controversy surrounding the visit. we're live with the details. >>> spring snow. a storm sweeping up the east coast right now. winter's last gasp, bringing several inches and closing schools. who's expected to get the worst of it? >>> risky rescue. the earth opening up. two boys falling into a sinkhole. sinkhole 30 feet down. >>> plus, march madness buzzer beaters and wild upsets. and the moment that left this expression on bill murray's face. >> uh-oh.

mayo clinic tattoos can cause allergic reactions, skin infections and bloodborne diseases like hepatitis c - if the equipment is contaminated with infected blood. much more to come on 9 on your side at 5:30.here's anchor tanya o'rourke with what we're working on. coming u p at 5:30... we'll have the latest on the car that went off a brigde into the ohio river. river.chopper nine is the only first at five-30.. the breaking news we've been covering for on the ohio river.. a car flies into the water after an accident on the combs- hehl bridge. nine on your side broke this for you on "the now" at 4. rescue crews are on the scene. its not clear how many people were in the vehicle. julie dolan joins is in studio now with some perspective on where this is happening and the impact on traffic. tanya, this google map shows the 275 loop around the city. the combs hehl bridge is down here -- crossing right over the ohio river.let's zoom in now-- and show you why you'll want to avoid this area. traffic is backed up on 275-- passed northern kentucky university and to the double a. it's also backed up---

so talk to your doctor and find out if you have hepatitis c. it could save your life., they're one of the most famous couples in the world and now amal and george clooney are using their celebrity for a important cause. >> they're shining a lot on the global refugee crisis and hope to get to help millions of people who are in need. abc's rachel smith has the story. >> reporter: it's a rare look at superstar george clooney and his wife amal. >> you forget that these aren't just people who have just left their country for no reason at all. these are people who left because of incredible tragedy. we always look around at the end of these tragedies and say, if we knew, we would have done something. and the reality is, of course, we know. >> reporter: the actor humanitarian and human rights attorney teaming up with the international rescue committee for the fifth anniversary of the syrian civil war. >> what is shocking to me is not that it happened. but that it continues to happen and it's been happening for five years. >> reporter: the syrian crisis left 60 million refugee

a revolutionary treatment for the most common type of chronic hepatitis c. harvoni is proven to cure up to 99% of patients who've had no prior treatment. it's the one and only cure that's one pill, once a day for 12 weeks. certain patients... can be cured with just 8 weeks of harvoni. with harvoni, there's no interferon and there are no complex regimens. tell your doctor if you have other liver or kidney problems, hiv, or other medical conditions, and about all the medicines you take including herbal supplements. taking amiodarone with harvoni may cause a serious slowing of your heart rate. common side effects of harvoni may include tiredness, headache and weakness. i am ready to put hep c behind me. i am ready to be cured. are you ready? ask your hep c specialist if harvoni is right for you. >>> a berkeley law requiring cell phones has survived a legal challenge of the chronicle reported a denied request to stop this ordinance. it requires cell phone retailers to tell customers about potential radiation when close to the body. >>> there are new allegations

sharing needles, then you share whatever is your bloodstream with the person that you're using with. hepatitis c and hiv are common in high risk populations for those who share syringes. the goal is to get the dirty syringes off the street. help will be available to those who would like to seek treatment for heroin addiction. p [content sigh] ah, excuse me? mr. jones? hi. already? you booked an appointment. i just started cookin. we at time warner cable need to apologize to you. i haven't even started to bronze yet. we no longer give you an excuse to work all day perfecting your tan. starting to even it out. we're making a bunch of changes at time warner cable. including one-hour arrival windows. we'll also tell you how long our visit will take >> the votes are still being inspired in missouri. tuesday was a big night for hillary clinton and donald trump. the latest from miami. >> donald trump now has more than half of the delegates needed to win the presidential nomination. >> my numbers went up. i don't understand it. nobody understands it. >> reporter: his loss to john kasich in ohio creates

a revolutionary treatment for the most common type of chronic hepatitis c. harvoni is proven to cure up to 99% of patients who've had no prior treatment. it's the one and only cure that's one pill, once a day for 12 weeks. can be cured with just 8 weeks of harvoni. with harvoni, there's no interferon and there are no complex regimens. tell your doctor if you have other liver or kidney problems, hiv, or other medical conditions, and about all the medicines you take including herbal supplements. taking amiodarone with harvoni may cause a serious slowing of your heart rate. common side effects of harvoni may include tiredness, headache and weakness. i am ready to put hep c behind me. i am ready to be cured. are you ready? ask your hep c specialist if harvoni is right for you. hey how's it going, hotcakes? hotcakes. this place has hotcakes. so why aren't they selling like hotcakes? with comcast business internet and wifi pro, they could be. just add a customized message to your wifi pro splash page and you'll reach your customers where their eyes are already - o

a revolutionary treatment for the most common type of chronic hepatitis c. harvoni is proven to cure up to 99% of patients who've had no prior treatment. it's the one and only cure that's one pill, once a day for 12 weeks. with harvoni, there's no interferon and there are no complex regimens. tell your doctor if you have other liver or kidney problems, hiv, or other medical conditions, and about all the medicines you take including herbal supplements. taking amiodarone with harvoni may cause a serious slowing of your heart rate. common side effects of harvoni may include tiredness, headache and weakness. i am ready to put hep c behind me. i am ready to be cured. are you ready? ask your hep c specialist anna: now to a look at stories making headlines across the state, including a car crashing into a hospital and injuring several people. joel: a car plowing into a home with a couple sleeping inside. where a car crashes into an emergency room, injuring four people. the car ran into the medical center this morning. police say the driver was headed to the hospita

a revolutionary treatment for the most common type of chronic hepatitis c.oven to cure up to 99% of patients who've had no prior treatment. it's the one and only cure that's one pill, once a day for 12 weeks. certain patients... can be cured with just 8 weeks of harvoni. with harvoni, there's no interferon and there are no complex regimens. tell your doctor if you have other liver or kidney problems, hiv, or other medical conditions, and about all the medicines you take including herbal supplements. taking amiodarone with harvoni may cause a serious slowing of your heart rate. common side effects of harvoni may include tiredness, headache and weakness. i am ready to put hep c behind me. i am ready to be cured. are you ready? ask your hep c specialist if harvoni is right for you. >>> in the race for the white house there was primary and caucus voteing in arizona, utah and idaho. donald trump and hillary clinton will win the arizona vote it's projected. it's difficult size i have one. trump beat cruz and clinton beat off sander. under way in utah and idaho rig

days and plans to visit her. >> i want to tell her face to face that i came up positive for hepatitis "b" and "cneeds to go to the clinic in jail. >> because they shot heroin together, there's a good chance katie could have hepatitis as well. in fact, she could have given the disease to chad. >> when you were using, did you ever share needles? >> with my husband, yes. i've slipped up a couple other times. in pittsburgh, it was really hard to get needs. so i remember there was one needle between four of us. yeah. pretty gross. luckily i don't have anything. i got tested here in jail. i was pretty worried. >> what did they test you for? >> hiv. i should probably, you know, get tested for hepatitis, but i don't think -- i don't think i have that. i was more worried about the hiv. >>> coming up -- >> i don't know if he's been released. i put him down for visitation because he told me to put him down for 2:00 today. >> katie ellis waits for a stlast could alter her life. >>> and michael garcia sees the daughters he's left behind. >> my dad's, like, he's the world to me, so it's like looking at him be

a revolutionary treatment for the most common type of chronic hepatitis c.99% of patients who've had no prior treatment. it's the one and only cure that's one pill, once a day for 12 weeks. certain patients... can be cured with just 8 weeks of harvoni. with harvoni, there's no interferon and there are no complex regimens. tell your doctor if you have other liver or kidney problems, hiv, or other medical conditions, and about all the medicines you take including herbal supplements. taking amiodarone with harvoni may cause a serious slowing of your heart rate. common side effects of harvoni may include tiredness, headache and weakness. i am ready to put hep c behind me. i am ready to be cured. are you ready? ask your hep c specialist if harvoni is right for you. >> captured. one of the most wanted suspects after paris terrorist attack in custody tonight. >> security force corner this man just yards from his family home in brussels, belgium. he's wounded but alive. alex is in brussels where it happened. >> tonight gunshots ringing out as heavily armed s.w.a.t.

a win for merck in the patent dispute with gilead sciences over its hepatitis c drug.ck on the hepatitis c treatment as valid in the case filed by gilead sciences. a win for merck, the stock is up 1.4% after hours and shares are reacting down about 2.5%. melissa? >> thank you very much. let's go to david, a group that's headed to the biggest winning streak. >> gilead, this is a blow. to a franchise that, again, is a massive part of the revenue stream that is looked at as a potential deteriorating sort of asset. i look at it and say it's a below for gilead. i would wait before i stepped in to buy the weakness. >> dow component nike falling after hours on a big sales miss that call halfway through. we'll hear on the impact of the u.s. dollar, china and the competition all when "fast money" returns. ♪ you're not gonna watch it! ♪ ♪ no, you're not gonna watch it! ♪ ♪ we can't let you download on the goooooo! ♪ ♪ you'll just have to miss it! ♪ yeah, you'll just have to miss it! ♪ ♪ we can't let you download... uh, no thanks. i have x1 from xfinity so... don't fall for direc

a revolutionary treatment for the most common type of chronic hepatitis c. harvoni is proven to cure up to 99% of patients who've had no prior treatment. it's the one and only cure that's one pill, once a day for 12 weeks. certain patients... can be cured with just 8 weeks of harvoni. with harvoni, there's no interferon and there are no complex regimens. tell your doctor if you have other liver or kidney problems, hiv, or other medical conditions, and about all the medicines you take including herbal supplements. taking amiodarone with harvoni may cause a serious slowing of your heart rate. common side effects of harvoni may include tiredness, headache and weakness. i am ready to put hep c behind me. i am ready to be cured. are you ready? ask your hep c specialist andrea: a woman is the victim of a carjacking in her own driveway. joel: a mom accused of not sending her three children to school for three years. a wildfire on the coast giving firefighters busy. andrea: we begin in hickory with an arrest and a carjacking after a brief manhunt. carjack a woman in

blue shield has a requirement around qualification for some of the more expensive hepatitis c medicationsnd we recently revised our guidelines to align with the american association for the studies of liver disease and the infectious disease society of american it racks you are guidelines a little bit so those who may have been denied access to hepatitis c medication due to medical net for example, in their own awe symptomatic and didn't qualify they'll quality for that medication and those who were notified we notified members their qualification was denied we have retroactively gone back and notified them to contact their doctor and again apply for that particular prescription drug just information i wanted to make the board aware. >> so it has been defined. >> yeah. in december noifdz. >> fewer thirty so we can't know how many they were. >> a view small percentage but a border assess going forward. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> any other from the folks seeing none, any public comment? second-hand smoke next item please. >> item 13 opportunity to place items on further agendas. >> okay

a revolutionary treatment for the most common type of chronic hepatitis c.arvoni is proven to cure up to 99% of patients who've had no prior treatment. it's the one and only cure that's one pill, once a day for 12 weeks. certain patients... can be cured with just 8 weeks of harvoni. with harvoni, there's no interferon and there are no complex regimens. tell your doctor if you have other liver or kidney problems, hiv, or other medical conditions, supplements. taking amiodarone with harvoni may cause a serious slowing of your heart rate. common side effects of harvoni may include tiredness, headache and weakness. i am ready to put hep c behind me. i am ready to be cured. are you ready? ask your hep c specialist if harvoni is right for you. >>> now wusa9 game on sports. brought to you by xfinity. >>> of course losing is the worse and a fan of iowa i feel for you. imagine on the team where the coach -- they are in the books after one of the greatest collapses in sports history. 12 point lead with 34 seconds melt away and lose to texas now, a side note, texas a a

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they were surprised years ago to discover hepatitis c cases times the national rate. now the director of clinical services, jennifer hunter, believes if she can't get people off heroin, she can try and keep them safe...and it's why she launched the area's first needle exchange program. it begins this afternoon here in williamstown at the grant county health department. you don't have to be from kentucky or give your name to get fresh needles. hunter says she realizes the program may not be popular at first. "what everybody tells us is that it takes some time for them to build trust. maybe for the first second week nobody will show up. we're ready for that. it might not happen. we might not get anyone, but we're just going to keep offering it week after week." the program will be available every wednesday from 1 to 4. participants are encouraged to come back every week with their dirty needles in containers provided. reporting live...kristen swilley...9 on your side. happening today.kenton county judge executive, kris knochelmann, will be holding a forum on the heroin