New AIDS.gov Posts! 'FDA approves Zepatier...' and 'Justice Department Settles with Alabama Moving Company Over Hepatitis-C Discrimination'

New AIDS.gov Posts! 'FDA approves Zepatier...' and 'Justice Department Settles with Alabama Moving Company Over Hepatitis-C Discrimination'

FDA approves Zepatier for treatment of chronic hepatitis C genotypes 1 and 4

02/02/2016 10:54 AM EST

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved Zepatier (elbasvir and grazoprevir) with or without ribavirin for the treatment of chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) genotypes 1 and 4 infections in adult patients. Hepatitis C is a viral disease that causes inflammation of the liver that can lead to diminished liver function or liver failure....

Justice Department Settles with Alabama Moving Company Over Hepatitis-C Discrimination

02/02/2016 10:59 AM EST

The Justice Department reached an agreement today with Kemper Moving Systems Inc., a Huntsville, Alabama, franchise of Two Men and a Truck, to resolve allegations that the moving company violated the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) when it refused service because of a customer’s Hepatitis-C. Under the terms of a two-year consent decree filed today....