Hepatitis C Harm Reduction Project

HCV Advocate.org's Top 11 News Stories of 2005

The Hepatitis C Support Project has compiled a list of the top eleven hepatitis C news stories of 2005.  It's a good list, and I'll be posting about several of these stories in more detail over the next few weeks.  For now, here's their list (HCSP says they've listed news stories in alphabetical order, and not necessarily order of importance):

1. Saliva-based test developed for hepatitis C
2. HCV replicated in a test tube
3. Hepatitis C Epidemic Control and Prevention Act
4. HIV/HCV Coinfection Treatment Guidelines
5. Needle Exchange
6. Pegasys plus Copegus FDA Approved for HCV Treatment in HIV/HCV Coinfected Patients
7. Revised Estimate on HCV Infection in the U.S.
8. Schering's Protease Inhibitor
9. Valeant's Viramidine
10. Valopicitabine
11. VX-950

Click on the link above for HCSP's summaries of these news stories, and watch for more details on this weblog.

Presentations from the National Viral Hepatitis Prevention Conference

The CDC has posted slides from last week's Viral Hepatitis Prevention Conference.  There were a lot of talks on hepatitis C and injection drug users (IDUs) -- be sure to check out the slides from Thursday's plenary session on hep C prevention for IDUs, particularly the talk by Steve Jones [link to PowerPoint file] that brings together epidemiology, ethnographic observation, and issues for prevention programs.

Hepatitis C Blogs

Here's some other hepatitis C weblogs I've come across recently:

Miles Keaton Andrew's Hepatitis C Blog - from a great guy (& a friend) who's been a non-responder to treatment (so far!)

My 'Hepatitis C' Weblog - a blog and treatment journal from Ron Metcalfe in England

Hep C Journal - a treatment diary from Elizabeth Anne in Canada

HCV Treatment Journal - a treatment diary from Sue in Canada

Chronic Hepatitis C - a treatment diary from Debbiejo in Arizona

Heart and Soul: Me 'n' Hep C - a journal from Peter in Vermont, who recently ended treatment

Gathering Wool: Tales of a Black Sheep Living in Post-Christian America

Hepatitis C Outreach Project - from long-time HCV advocate Teresa Hanbey

Hepatitis News - links to news stories about viral hepatitis

I've also been seeing more blogs that aren't hepatitis C-specific, but incorporate the authors' experience with hepatitis C and treatment, mixed in with other aspects of their lives and observations:

"I turned to look but it was gone..." - a New York City graphic artist who just started treatment with Pegasys

Notes from Nina - by Nina Paul, author of Living with Hepatitis C for Dummies

life after interferon - by a blogger living in Israel who achieved a sustained virologic response to treatment last year

Links to many more blogs can be found on these sites:

Peter's Hep C bookmarks

Other Hepatitis C Blogs (from Ron Metcalfe; scroll down and look on the right column)

Hepatitis C Blogs (from Nina Paul)

Not quite a blog, but an interesting new website using wikis with multiple authors:

Hepatitis C Virus Action Now - started by Rudi Cilibrasi, a computer programmer with hepatitis C, who recently wrote about his struggle to obtain medications for treatment on kuro5hin

Are there other hep C blogs you read and recommend?  Add a comment and let me know.