On the final day of the 2018 National Ryan White Conference on HIV Care and Treatment, HIV.gov had a conversation with Dr. Laura Cheever about efforts underway to increase hepatitis C virus (HCV( testing, treatment,…
Join ASTHO and CDC to learn more about opportunities to assess, prepare, and implement programs that prevent the spread of infectious diseases related to the opioid epidemic. Expert panelists will discuss evidence-based practices to reduce…
Join ASTHO and CDC to learn more about the nationwide Hepatitis A outbreak. Experts from CDC’s Division of Viral Hepatitis and the Tennessee Department of Health will share on their ongoing responses, including information on available…
Hepatitis C cannot be eliminated in the United States without reaching groups that are most impacted by the epidemic. Incarcerated or formerly incarcerated individuals bear a disproportionate burden of HCV with current estimates putting the…
Join the Nephrologists Transforming Dialysis Safety (NTDS) Initiative for a complimentary CME/CNE webinar that will review the critical role nephrologists and dialysis professionals have in preventing infections and diagnosing infections when they occur. Featured speakers will…
Hepatitis A is a highly contagious, vaccine-preventable, viral disease spread via a fecal-oral route or by exposure to contaminated food or water. Hepatitis A rates have declined substantially in the United States since the introduction…
AIDS United and Project Inform released a report examining current efforts to bring safer consumption spaces—protected places used for the hygienic consumption of pre-obtained drugs in a non-judgmental environment and under the supervision of trained staff—to…
This week ADM Brett Giroir, MD, Assistant Secretary for Health at the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), announced the process the Department will use to develop the next editions of the National HIV/AIDS…
The National Viral Hepatitis Roundtable (NVHR) and the Center for Health Law and Policy Innovation (CHLPI) share a commitment to ensuring that all individuals living with hepatitis C (HCV) are able to access treatment. HCV is the…
The Centers Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) published an online 2018 National Viral Hepatitis Progress Report to share trends in viral hepatitis vaccination efforts, and disease incidence and mortality. This is the annual update to…