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ArchivesHepatitis C: The Uncounted DiseaseBy Jon Greenberg on Wednesday, November 2, 2005.Hepatitis C is the most common blood borne infection in the United States. And it's the leading cause of liver transplants. About three million people are walking around with the virus and according to the Centers for Disease Control, most of them are completely unaware that they are infected. Hepatitis C often hides in the body for two or more decades before it becomes life threatening. And it is very unpredictable. Only one out of four people with a chronic infection is likely to develop the most serious liver diseases. New Hampshire Public Radio has found evidence of a building wave of Hepatitis C hitting the state's health care system. But unlike many other infectious disease, the state does not track Hepatitis C and does not require doctors to report when they find patients who carry it. NHPR's Jon Greenberg has more. Complete table of NH hospital charge trends listen:
  Hepatitis C: The Uncounted DiseaseHepatitis C is the most common blood borne infection in the United States. And it's the leading cause of liver transplants. About three million people are walking around with the virus and according to the Centers for Disease Control, most of them are completely unaware that they are infected. The costs of hepatitis C are mounting at a ferocious rate, but the state doesn't see a need to track this disease. listen: No audio currently available. Order on CD (pdf).
A Classical CurrentBy Shay Zeller on Wednesday, November 2, 2005.Part composer, part producer, Tom Vignieri lives and breathes classical music. He's the music producer of the national radio program From the Top and he's an accomplished composer whose commissions from the Handel and Haydn Society Chorus are being performed increasingly by other organizations. The Concord Chorale will be featuring Tom's work in December; we'll talk with him about the state of classical composing from a producer's perspective. We'll also hear from violinist Hillary Hahn. The once-child prodigy amazed listeners when she released an album of solo material by Bach at the age of seventeen. Some of the world's best violinists wait years before they dare to record the music Bach wrote for the solo violin. But Hillary says she had an affinity for the composer's music from the time she was a little kid. We hear from Hillary as part of the series Musicians in their Own Words, produced by David Schulman, supported by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, and available through the website PRX. listen:
Calculating CredibilityBy Laura Knoy on Wednesday, November 2, 2005."Backing down during a crisis reduces a country's future credibility." It's been a long held belief with American foreign policy makers and a conviction that has driven foreign policy decisions from WWI to the Iraq War. But not necessarily so says the author of a new book "Calculating Credibility". Daryl Press, a former professor at Dartmouth College uses historical evidence to answer two crucial questions: When a country back down in a crisis, does its credibility suffer? And how do leaders assess their adversaries' credibility?". Laura's guest is Daryl Press, Associate Professor of political science at the University of Pennsylvania and author of "Calculating Credibility: How Leaders Assess Military Threats". listen:
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