Dr. Readys liver transplant table. Not now. Absolutely. I feel like one in a million. Reporter lucky to no longer be one of more than 3 million americans suffering with chronic hepatitis c virus infection. July will be two years. Reporter two years since doctors detector any help of hep c in joes blood. Like night and day. Reporter its like cured. This is a big deal. It is indeed. An exciting time. Its a big deal. Reporter dr. Ready oversaw Clinical Trials locally in which joe took part. What is the rate of cure . The curate is about 90 . Reporter its why the fda recently approved the hep c using a regimen of fast acting pills, more effective and tolerable than inter fewer ron injections. The virus is gone as early as four weeks some patients as early as two weeks. Reporter just like that. So i probably have had it before i was cured over 50 years. Reporter and he had no idea until a random test in the 90s. Its depressing. Because you dont know what your time its a biological clock tic
64yearold vietnam veteran and joe will not end up on dr. Readys liver transplant table. Not now. Absolutely. I feel like one in a million. Reporter lucky to no longer be one of more than 3 million americans suffering with chronic hepatitis c virus infection. July will be two years. Reporter two years since doctors detector any help of hep c in joes blood. Like night and day. Reporter its like cured. This is a big deal. It is indeed. An exciting time. Its a big deal. Reporter dr. Ready oversaw Clinical Trials locally in which joe took part. What is the rate of cure . The curate is about 90 . Reporter its why the fda recently approved the hep c using a regimen of fast acting pills, more effective and tolerable than inter fewer ron injections. The virus is gone as early as four weeks some patients as early as two weeks. Reporter just like that. So i probably have had it before i was cured over 50 years. Reporter and he had no idea until a random test in the 90s. Its depressing. Because yo
This article was originally published on Nov. 28 at 5:00 a.m. EDT by THE CITYThe city Department of Sanitation proposal to eliminate funding for community composting means most food waste