Hepatitis C
Al-Masry Al-Youm inside Hepatitis C treatment center, queues for Sovaldi
Egypt
October 7, 2014
Al-Masry Al-Youm inside Hepatitis C treatment center, queues for Sovaldi
Patients ran to register at two centers for Hepatitis C treatment in Alexandria, hoping they might get the new American…
Thousands of Hep C patients in Alexandria wait in long lines to receive Sovaldi
Egypt
October 4, 2014
Thousands of Hep C patients in Alexandria wait in long lines to receive Sovaldi
Thousands of Hepatitis C virus patients have flooded two medical centers in Alexandria in hopes of receiving the new Hep…
Doctor: New Hepatitis C drug cure rate exceeds 90%
Egypt
July 26, 2014
Doctor: New Hepatitis C drug cure rate exceeds 90%
Doctor Gamal Esmat, a hepatologist in Qasr al-Aini Hospital and a member of the National Committee for Hepatitis Treatment told…
Egyptian Army unlikely to survive the moment of truth: Sting operation reveals flawed science behind the ‘Complete Cure Device’
Egypt
June 24, 2014
Egyptian Army unlikely to survive the moment of truth: Sting operation reveals flawed science behind the ‘Complete Cure Device’
This Monday, 30 June, marks the day the Egyptian Armed Forces promised to start treating Hepatitis C and HIV/AIDS patients…
American Hepatitis C drug on the market in September
Egypt
May 19, 2014
American Hepatitis C drug on the market in September
Dr. Wahid Doss, head of the National Institute for Liver Diseases, said on Monday said the Health Ministry and the…
Concerns over American Hepatitis C drug changed color
Egypt
May 18, 2014
Concerns over American Hepatitis C drug changed color
The three-member committee negotiating with the American company that produces a Hepatitis C drug expressed concern that the company is…
Hepatitis C medicine developer: Cure rate is 90-100%
Egypt
April 14, 2014
Hepatitis C medicine developer: Cure rate is 90-100%
Dr. Raymond Schinazi, developer of the Sovaldi drug for the treatment of Hepatitis C, said the drug works well for…
AIDS-detecting device’s inventor says was offered $2 billion to ‘forget’ it
Egypt
February 25, 2014
AIDS-detecting device’s inventor says was offered $2 billion to ‘forget’ it
Major General Ibrahim Abdel Aaty, the doctor heading the team that invented the device, which supposedly cures patients of AIDS…
President orders review of AIDS-detecting device
Egypt
February 24, 2014
President orders review of AIDS-detecting device
Presidential Scientific Adviser Essam Heggy has stressed necessity that Egyptian scientific institutions stick to international standards of scientific research, publishing…
Health Ministry to impose fines on hairdressers to curb hepatitis
Egypt
May 15, 2012
Health Ministry to impose fines on hairdressers to curb hepatitis
Hairdressers are likely to pay hefty fines if they do not commit to sterilizing their kits, said the assistant health…