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April 3, 2017

After Legal Victory, Mumia Abu-Jamal to Begin Receiving Hep C Drugs This Week
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And imprisoned journalist and former Black Panther Mumia Abu-Jamal will
begin taking a new fast-acting drug for his hepatitis C this week after
winning a legal victory in federal court. The treatment has a 90 percent
cure rate. Pennsylvania prison officials say it can cost $50,000 per
person, and have sued in order to limit its use. Abu-Jamal's lawyers say
the decision paves the way for thousands more prisoners to get treated.
But his lawyers also noted Abu-Jamal got sicker while the case was under
appeal, and has since been diagnosed with cirrhosis of the liver.


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