Smoke alarm and battery drive launched in Tazewell
In response to rising house fires in Tazewell County officials led by the Tazewell Area Chamber of Commerce and Kennedy Insurance Agency launched a smoke alarm and battery drive through February. Donations of new alarms, batteries, or money will be tax deductible and distributed by Appalachian Agency for Senior Citizens to elderly and families with children.
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Tazewell
Tazewell County
Tazewell Area
Duncan
Chamber
Appalachian Agency
Tazewell Mall
Pizza Plus
Riverside Drive
Tina Hutchinson
Kennedy Insurance Agency
Thutchinson
Allstate.com
Becky Duncan
New hope for hepatitis C therapy sparks screening push
Washington AP reports two drugs Vertex telaprevir and Merck boceprevir nearing market, potentially boosting cure rates from 40 percent to as high as 75 percent for the common hepatitis C variant. Treatments may shrink to six months, reducing side effects. The FDA decision expected this summer could prompt widespread baby boomer screening and a shift similar to early AIDS therapy advances.
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Washington
John Ward
Centers For Disease Control and Prevention
Vertex Pharmaceuticals
Merck & Co
Food and Drug Administration
New Treatments for Hepatitis C Aim to Boost Testing and Care
Government pushes widespread hepatitis C testing as new protease inhibitor drugs like telaprevir and boceprevir reach the U.S. market. The treatment pairs with ribavirin and interferon to cure many patients, but prices, side effects, and who should be treated remain debated. CDC studies baby boomers and targets high risk groups while doctors urge routine screening and risk discussions.
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Foster Care
Paul Pockros
Scripps Clinic
la Jolla
Calif
Ward
Arun Sanyal
Virginia Commonwealth University
American Association For the Study of
U.S
Brian Graham
Briarcliff Manor
N.Y
Graham
Fred Poordad
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Los Angeles
Jeff Levi
Trust For America’s Health
CDC
New York
Detroit
Houston
Birmingham
Ala
Quinn Pumps to Open Cedar Bluff Facility at 9 AM
Quinn Pumps plans the official opening of its Cedar Bluff facility at 142 Mall Church Ad on Thursday starting at 9 a.m. A ribbon cutting at noon will be hosted by the Ewell Area Chamber of Commerce. Also noted is Keystone tax help via the Volunteer Turn Preparation Program for McDowell County residents, with Monday intake 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at the Council of Southern Mountains central office in Stone, plus fruit pickup at Valley View Seventh-day Adventist School in Bluefield this week.
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Quinn Pumps
Cedar Bluff
Mall Church Ad
Ewell Area
Keystone
Council Ofouthern Mountains
Stone
McDowell
Council of Southernountains
Y Stone
Bluefield
Valley View
Seventh-day Adventist
Green Valley Road
Florida Temple
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Frontier Business
Microsoft
Frontier
Peace of Mind
Shipping & Hendi
Iapten
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Secwe Homia Frant
Oller
THE
Rsation Company
Buick
Mitsubishi Eclipse
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