The below information was originally published in a media advisory from Hep Free NYC. The NYC Board of Health Amended the Health Code to Improve Complete Hepatitis C Diagnostic Testing in NYC In order to…
On Friday, November 3, NACCHO hosted a webinar to highlight lessons learned and updates from jurisdictions experiencing outbreaks of hepatitis A virus. Since November 2016, in California alone, more than 600 people have been infected…
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently released Progress Toward Viral Hepatitis Elimination in the United States, an inaugural report highlighting the nation’s progress toward reducing the burden of hepatitis A virus (HAV),…
Nearly one year ago, the National Alliance of State and Territorial AIDS Directors (NASTAD) launched His Health, a free, accredited and self-paced online learning platform for healthcare providers and public health professionals. His Health provides…
The HHS Office of HIV/AIDS and Infectious Disease Policy coordinated a Facebook event, Hidden Casualties: The Consequences of the Opioid Epidemic on the Spread of Infectious Disease, that more than 4,500 viewers streamed live. The symposium brought…
As part of this year’s Unite to End the HIV and Viral Hepatitis Epidemics Chair’s Challenge, the National Alliance of State and Territorial AIDS Directors (NASTAD) released the second installment in a series of success…
Today, the Center for Health Law and Policy Innovation of Harvard Law School (CHLPI) and the National Viral Hepatitis Roundtable (NVHR) launched the Hepatitis C: State of Medicaid Access report and state report cards. The…
The Office of HIV/AIDS and Infectious Disease Policy (OHAIDP), in collaboration with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA),…
The West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources (DHHR) Bureau for Public Health (BPH) Harm Reduction Program (HRP) Guidelines and Certification Procedures, adapted from the Kentucky Harm Reduction and Harm Reduction Program at the Kentucky Department…
This blog, written by Richard Wolitski, Ph.D., Director, Office of HIV/AIDS and Infectious Disease Policy, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, was originally published on the Department of Health and Human Services’ Viral Hepatitis Blog. Below…