International Business News - Exposure http://www.ibtimes.com All articles are copyrighted by IBTimes.com 400 100 http://www.ibtimes.com/ http://www.ibtimes.com/images/top_logo_ibt2_3.gif A hepatitis C outbreak affecting more than 80 people and exposing tens of thousands more was caused by workers reusing syringes at a Las Vegas clinic, federal health officials said Friday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080516/cdc-syringe-reuse-linked-to-hepatitis-c-outbreak.htm Fri, 16 May 2008 18:59:06 EDT Seventy-seven more people that were treated at a Las Vegas outpatient clinic have been diagnosed with hepatitis C, health officials said. Authorities can't say for sure how the 77 people were infected, said Brian Labus, senior epidemiologist with the Southern Nevada Health District. But they know each was treated from March 2004 to Jan. 11 this year at the Endoscopy Center of Southern Nevada. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080509/77-more-hepatitis-cases-may-trace-to-clinic-officials-say.htm Fri, 09 May 2008 09:56:17 EDT A statewide inspection of outpatient surgery centers like the one believed to have spread hepatitis C to its patients has uncovered dangerous practices at four other clinics, a health official said Friday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080307/more-nevada-surgery-clinics-to-be-cited.htm Fri, 07 Mar 2008 22:54:39 EST The unsafe medical procedures that spread hepatitis C among patients at a large Las Vegas surgical clinic may be more widespread and may have resulted in more infections than first believed, health officials said Thursday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080306/bad-practices-turn-up-and-more-clinics.htm Thu, 06 Mar 2008 23:39:44 EST Health officials used an incomplete patient list to notify people exposed to hepatitis and HIV at a Las Vegas clinic, an epidemiologist testified Thursday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080306/vegas-hepatitis-exposure-list-incomplete.htm Thu, 06 Mar 2008 15:50:45 EST Nearly 40,000 people learned this week that a trip to the doctor may have made them sick. In a type of scandal more often associated with Third World countries, a Las Vegas clinic was found to be reusing syringes and vials of medication for nearly four years. The shoddy practices may have led to an outbreak of the potentially fatal hepatitis C virus and exposed patients to HIV, too. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080305/vegas-clinic-may-have-sickened-thousands.htm Wed, 05 Mar 2008 18:04:41 EST Principal Financial Group Inc.'s life insurance business had $996.5 million of exposure to bond insurers and mortgage insurance companies at the end of 2007, according to a Securities and Exchange Commission filing Tuesday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080304/pfg-discloses-bond-insurer-exposure.htm Tue, 04 Mar 2008 14:11:58 EST An outbreak of hepatitis C at a Nevada clinic may represent "the tip of an iceberg" of safety problems at clinics around the country, according to the head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080303/cdc-warns-of-safety-problems-at-clinics.htm Mon, 03 Mar 2008 19:41:37 EST A kindergartner hospitalized in critical condition after being exposed to a high level of chlorine at a swimming pool was upgraded to fair condition Saturday, a hospital official said. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080301/kid-improves-after-chlorine-exposure.htm Sat, 01 Mar 2008 15:37:25 EST Excessive chlorine levels in a pool sent more than 40 young children to hospitals Friday, including one who remained in critical condition, authorities said. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080229/many-children-hurt-by-wis-pool-chlorine.htm Fri, 29 Feb 2008 18:11:40 EST A former patient sued a surgical center believed to have spread hepatitis C by reusing syringes and vials of medication, saying Thursday he fears for his health. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080229/clinic-accused-of-reusing-syringes-sued.htm Fri, 29 Feb 2008 00:56:17 EST A clinic may have infected a handful of patients with hepatitis C _ but about 40,000 more should be tested for that virus, as well as for HIV, health officials said Wednesday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080227/nev-clinic-creates-hepatitis-c-scare.htm Wed, 27 Feb 2008 20:47:06 EST Texas A&M University said Wednesday it would pay $1 million to settle an investigation that found safety and sanitation lapses and other problems in its biodefense program. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080220/texas-a-m-to-pay-1m-for-safety-lapses.htm Wed, 20 Feb 2008 23:28:05 EST