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Lab monkeys initially believed to be carrying hepatitis C, herpes, COVID escape in highway crash

A truck carrying research monkeys from Tulane University overturned on a Mississippi highway Tuesday, leading to a chaotic scene as several of the animals escaped, according to the Jasper County Sheri...

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Truck hauling ‘aggressive’ monkeys thought to carry hepatitis C, herpes and Covid overturns in Mississippi with at least one on the loose

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'Aggressive' monkey carrying Covid, hepatitis C escapes after truck crash in Mississippi; University denies claims, says they are 'not infectious'

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Monkeys escape after truck overturns on Mississippi highway, 3 still missing

Monkeys being transported Tuesday on a Mississippi highway escaped after the truck carrying them overturned, and all but three that got out have since been killed, authorities said.

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Tulane officials say monkeys on the loose in Mississippi do not carry diseases. See update

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Monkeys escape from overturned truck

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Last surviving monkey from lorry crash shootout ‘not infectious’, uni says

The authorities initially said in a Facebook post that the monkeys posed ‘potential health threats’.

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Monkeys escape after truck carrying them crashes

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Truck Carrying Aggressive Disease-Carrying Monkeys Overturns in Mississippi

Three Monkeys On The Lam: Mississippi Hunts Escaped Rhesus Macaques

Three rhesus macaques remain missing after a truck carrying 21 overturned on I-59 in Jasper County; Tulane confirms they’re disease-free.

‘Aggressive’ herpes-infected monkey on the loose after truck flips on highway hauling primates carrying hep C & Covid

A HERPES-ridden monkey is on the run – after a truck carrying “aggressive” primates infected with hepatitis C and Covid-19 flipped over. Authorities are hunting the loose Rehsus

The BMJ

A&E hepatitis and HIV testing programme identifies thousands of undiagnosed cases

Thousands of patients with undiagnosed hepatitis B, hepatitis C, or HIV have been identified through a testing programme for bloodborne viruses run in hospital emergency departments. The programme was launched in April 2022 and now covers 34 emergency departments in areas in England with the highest HIV prevalence.

Monkeys on overturned truck were not infected with hepatitis C, herpes and COVID, university says

Monkeys used for animal testing were shot and killed after a truck carrying them overturned in Mississippi on Tuesday afternoon.

STAT

We have a cure for hepatitis C — so why aren’t more people getting treatment?

In 2005, Nick Voyles was diagnosed with hepatitis C after being released from five years of incarceration. A nurse told him he had only six months to live. He was prescribed a drug cocktail, a combination of interferon and ribavirin, that proved ...

Everyday Health

Hepatitis C in Pregnancy: What to Do When You Test Positive for the Virus

Screening for hepatitis C has been routine for pregnant women since 2020. But testing positive for the chronic liver infection often comes as a surprise, because the virus doesn’t usually cause symptoms. If you’re pregnant and have been diagnosed with ...

PBS

Hepatitis C is ‘not something you wish on anybody.’ Biden has a plan to end it

For decades, many Americans with hepatitis C have struggled to get tested or died waiting for a cure that remained inaccessibly expensive within the nation’s fractured health care system. President Joe Biden’s new proposed budget to Congress seeks to ...