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Appeals court upholds surgery tech's sentence
February 18, 2011 11:30 PM
DENVER (AP) - A federal appeals court in Denver has upheld a 30-year prison sentence for a surgery technician infected with hepatitis C who injected herself with pain medication from syringes later used on surgical patients. A three-judge panel of the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Friday rejected... more » -
Researchers make huge asthma discovery
July 23, 2010 9:45 AM
There is new hope for millions of asthma sufferers. Researchers are on the verge of a major breakthrough that could make inhalers a thing of the past. Dr. David Farrar and his research team at the University of Texas Southwestern discovered that Interferon, an immune system protein already... more » -
28 charges dropped in surgery tech's hepatitis C case
February 12, 2010 8:37 AM
A federal judge has dismissed 28 charges against a surgery tech as part of an agreement with prosecutors in the case where she stole painkillers and infected patients with hepatitis C. Kristen Diane Parker was to be sentenced to 20 years in prison last month in a plea deal... more » -
Surgery tech with hepatitis C to be sentenced
January 22, 2010 9:10 AM
Some of the three dozen people infected with hepatitis C by a drug-addicted surgery technician's dirty syringes plan to speak at her sentencing hearing in federal court. Kristen Diane Parker is expected to be sentenced Friday to 20 years in prison. Parker, who has hepatitis C, admitted stealing syringes... more » -
Judge: Victims can't confront Hepatitis C surgery tech
December 16, 2009 8:31 AM
Federal prosecutors preparing to debrief a surgery technician accused of infecting patients with hepatitis C have agreed to let patients submit proposed questions, but prosecutors still oppose letting them attend the debriefing. The patients had asked a judge to let them attend the questioning of Kristen Parker, who worked at... more » -
Hundreds may still be untested for hepatitis C
November 2, 2009 4:41 PM
Hundreds of people who may have been exposed to hepatitis C through dirty syringes may not have been tested for the disease yet. A surgery technician with hepatitis C, Kristen Parker, pleaded guilty last month to stealing the painkiller fentanyl and then refilling the contaminated needles with saline solution. Hospitals... more »
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