The Gilead Medical Affairs team is looking to support Hepatitis elimination efforts that focus on micro-elimination among smaller and more defined populations, and on addressing gaps in the care cascade. If your elimination goals focus on your specific city or an at-risk demographic, or on a discrete population within a health care Read more…
The latest issue of the Harm Reduction Journal features an article based on the stories and experiences of peer workers in a multidisciplinary care team in Toronto, Canada. It uses in-depth interviews to gain a deeper understanding of the transition from client to support worker, with special attention to issues Read more…
Liver cancer death rates among adults continue to climb nationwide, according to new data released by the CDC. Past studies have linked it to high rates of hepatitis C infection among baby boomers and the growing prevalence of obesity and type 2 diabetes. The new numbers reveal other demographic trends Read more…
Calling all investigators focused on addressing elimination in HIV/HCV co-infected and high-risk individuals! Gilead’s HIV/HCV No Co-Infection (NoCo) Program intends to support these micro-elimination efforts by giving up to $600,000 per research proposal. The Letter of Intent submission window closes Monday 8/20. To find out more about the HIV/HCV NoCo Program, Read more…
The O’Neill Institute of Georgetown Law School has released a report highlighting the stories of women and men who have faced Hepatitis C. A publication by the Hepatitis Policy Project, “Full of Life: The Stories of People Affected by Hepatitis C” reveals the human impacts of treatment and policy, and Read more…
Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today announced he is advancing a statewide expansion of the HIV/AIDS Services Administration rental assistance program for New Yorkers living with HIV/AIDS. Additionally, the Governor announced the nation’s first state-level Hepatitis C comprehensive elimination strategy to end the Hepatitis C and HIV epidemics in New York Read more…
https://www.hhs.gov/hepatitis/blog/2017/12/22/increase-in-hepatitis-c-infections-linked-to-worsening-opioid-crisis.html “New research from the CDC showing steep increases among young people, whites, and women”
The National Viral Hepatitis Roundtable has started an initiative looking into the “extrahepatic manifestations associated with chronic hepatitis C virus infection. Learn more about the initiative and view fact sheets at: http://nvhr.org/program/HCVMoreThanLiverDisease “NVHR is pleased to announce some exciting updates about our new initiative, “Hepatitis C – It’s About More than Read more…
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The Philadelphia Health Commissioner has published a new segment of the CHART, a publication intended to bring attention to underappreciated public health topics. Article includes: Hepatitis C Virus Infection in Philadelphia A New Epidemic of HepC Among Young Adults in Philadelphia Acute HepC Infection is Also Increasing HepC in Young Read more…