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Posted 11/9/2023 (updated 3/28/2024)
The CDC has released updated HCV testing recommendations perinatally exposed infants and children.
Posted 6/18/2023 (updated 3/28/2024)
This report provides information on the results of the Cherokee Nation Health Services' (CNHS) hepatitis C elimination program 5 years after implementation. The report finds that the program had success with 99% of patients who completed treatment.
Posted 12/6/2022 (updated 3/27/2024)
To more effectively address known barriers to treatment for substance use disorder (SUD), policy researchers looked at feedback from 27 community-based programs serving predominantly people of color across the U.S. Beyond poverty and racism, providers describe challenges retaining staff with appropriate language and cultural skills as well as a complex patchwork of social skills.
Posted 10/25/2022 (updated 3/27/2024)
Hepatitis C: State of Medicaid Access is a collaboration between the Center for Health Law and Policy Innovation of Harvard
Law School (CHLPI) and the National Viral Hepatitis Roundtable (NVHR). The project evaluates hepatitis C (HCV)
treatment restriction policies across state Medicaid programs, including all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto
Rico (referred to in this report as “states”). The goal of this project is to encourage states and empower advocates to work
toward improved access to curative HCV treatment across all Medicaid programs, in order to ensure that every Medicaid
enrollee who can benefit from this treatment is able to access it.
Posted 10/12/2020 (updated 3/29/2024)
This report summarizes current (as of 2011) guidelines or recommendations published by multiple agencies of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) for prevention and control of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection, viral hepatitis, sexually transmitted diseases (STDs), and tuberculosis (TB) for persons who use drugs illicitly.
Posted 4/24/2020 (updated 3/28/2024)
Recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) Part 1: Immunization of Infants, Children, and Adolescents