The National Viral Hepatitis Roundtable (NVHR) and the Center for Health Law and Policy Innovation of Harvard Law School (CHLPI) recently released the preliminary findings of Hepatitis C: The State of Medicaid Access – a comprehensive…
The World Health Organization (WHO) recently released, “Global Report On Access To Hepatitis C Treatment: Focus On Overcoming Barriers,” a comprehensive report on the cost of hepatitis C (HCV) therapies and strategies employed by countries at…
Last week, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) hosted a Public Health Reports Webinar to discuss the strategies for hepatitis B and C testing and linkage to care. In alignment with the goals and priorities of CDC’s…
In 2013, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) projected that there were 110 million sexually transmitted infections (STIs) among men and women in the United States, and estimated that 20 million new STIs…
Last month, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) released The Community Response to Viral Hepatitis – Contributions Toward Achieving the Goals of the Viral Hepatitis Action Plan. Prepared by HHS’s Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health,…
Last week, the United States Surgeon General, Vivek H. Murthy, M.D., M.B.A., released a letter to more than 2.3 million health care practitioners and public health leaders across the country to seek help in addressing the prescription…
The OraSure HCV Grant Program is a recently announced funding opportunity designed to foster innovative approaches to hepatitis C (HCV) testing. The program is seeking proposals that demonstrate the effective use of rapid HCV screening in identifying…
Per a recent article in the Journal of the American Medicine Association (JAMA), the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), aided by new funds from Congress, is extending new antiviral treatments to all veterans with hepatitis C…
The San Francisco Department of Public Health recently launched End Hep C SF, a multi-sector collective impact initiative working to eliminate hepatitis C in San Francisco. Combining evidence-based practices, community wisdom, and the creative leveraging of resources, the…
Late last year, the CDC released a vulnerability index which identified six indicators associated with the HIV/Hepatitis C virus (HCV) outbreak among people who inject drugs (PWID) in Scott County, Indiana in 2015. Recognizing that this…