Welcome to HCV Advocate’s hepatitis blog. The intent of this blog is to keep our website audience up-to-date on information about hepatitis and to answer some of our web site and training audience questions. People are encouraged to submit questions and post comments.

For more information on how to use this blog, the HCV drug pipeline, and for more information on HCV clinical trials click here

Be sure to check out our other blogs: The HBV Advocate Blog and Hepatitis & Tattoos.


Alan Franciscus

Editor-in-Chief

HCV Advocate


Saturday, January 17, 2015

Hepatitis C victims in Minot file for class-action status

MINOT, N.D. — Victims of the third largest hepatitis C outbreak in U.S. history who contracted the disease at a Minot nursing home are asking a federal court to certify their lawsuit as a class-action case.

The state Health Department has said there have been 51 cases of hepatitis C linked to the outbreak in Minot. At least 47 of the reported cases have been identified in former or current residents.

An investigation by Health Department concluded the outbreak may have been associated with phlebotomy or podiatry and nail care services provided at the ManorCare facility.

Read more....

Read more here: http://www.thestate.com/2015/01/17/3933702_hepatitis-c-victims-in-minot-file.html?rh=1#storylink=cpy
Posted by at
Labels: , ,

No comments:

Post a Comment

Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)