http://www.hepcchallenge.org The Caring Ambassadors Program mission is to help improve the lives of those affected by long-term diseases through advocacy, information, and support. lorren@hepcchallenge.org info@hepcchallenge.org http://www.syracuse.com/news/index.ssf/2012/01/cortland_sees_spike_in_hepatit.html Cortland, N.Y. – “Public health officials are investigating a surge of Hepatitis C cases in Cortland County showing up mostly among people under 35 who shoot drugs.” http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2012/01/27/hepatitis-c-warning-for-hiv-positive-men/ “The National AIDS Trust said the implications of hepatitis C and HIV co-infection on health can be severe, with liver disease one of the major causes of serious illness and fatality in HIV-positive people.” http://www.canada.com/VIHA+moves+cautiously+step+efforts+harm+reduction/6060802/story.html “South Nanaimo residents reacted angrily in 2007, when public health nurses in vans started showing up in alleys, handing out crack-pipe mouthpieces and other supplies to addicts.” http://www.vancouversun.com/health/sharp+side+hospitals+safeguard+health+professionals+from+sharp+instruments/6052265/story.html#ixzz1kxo2mUbP “Five thousand health professionals, including hundreds of nurses and doctors in operating rooms, are stabbed by sharp medical instruments each year in B.C.” http://www.chroniclejournal.com/editorial/letters/2012-01-25/no-vaccine-hep-c “In Tuesday’s front-page coverage about travel vaccinations there is one serious error that needs correction. The picture accompanying the article shows a nurse holding two vials filled with vaccines. The caption lists one of those vaccines as being for Hep C.”