SpeakUP Project: Advancing Health Equity for People Living with HIV

After five years of being an essential resource center for thousands of people navigating the Affordable Care Act (ACA),...

Oct 11, 2016 | Kim Rodgers

  • CDC Publishes New MMWRs on Vaccination Coverage

    Last week, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) published two articles on childhood immunization in the Mortality and...

    Oct 11, 2016 | Kim Rodgers

  • Cook County Launches “Fight the Bite” Campaign to Combat Zika

    Local health departments (LHDs) across the nation continue to respond to and brace for cases of Zika. Although the mosquitoes that...

    Oct 10, 2016 | Erin Laird

  • Immunization Matters: The Role of LHDs in Educating Communities

    Although National Immunization Awareness Month (NIAM) is winding down, it’s important for local health departments (LHDs) to...

    Aug 23, 2016 | Kim Rodgers

  • Obama Provides Progress Update on the Affordable Care Act

    President Obama recently penned an article for the Journal of the American Medical Association, providing a progress report on the...

    Jul 13, 2016 | Kim Rodgers

  • State of HCV Care National Survey Report Released

    Health HIV released a report titled HealthHCV’s State of HCV CareTM national survey report. The survey identified treatment...

    May 11, 2016 | Alyssa Kitlas

  • The ACA and People with HIV: Video Profiles from the Field

    The Kaiser Family Foundation released a video series that features people with HIV sharing their experiences with health coverage in...

    Feb 09, 2016 | Alyssa Kitlas

  • MMWR Highlights Increases in Acute Hepatitis B Virus Infections in Three States

    A Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) published in January 2016 describes an emerging hepatitis B epidemic in Kentucky,...

    Feb 03, 2016 | Alyssa Kitlas

  • SpeakUP Project: Advancing Health Equity for People Living with HIV

    After five years of being an essential resource center for thousands of people navigating the Affordable Care Act (ACA), HIVHealthReform.org (HHR) has transitioned into the newly expanded SpeakUP project. SpeakUP is a web-based information hub that identifies health equity issues, related to the Affordable Care Act, that are facing people living with HIV, providers and […]

    Oct 11, 2016 | Kim Rodgers

    CDC Publishes New MMWRs on Vaccination Coverage

    Last week, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) published two articles on childhood immunization in the Mortality and Morbidity Weekly Report (MMWR).  “National, State, Regional, and Selected Local Area Vaccination Coverage Among Children Aged 19-35 Months – United States, 2015” highlights 2015 National Immunization Survey (NIS) data, which revealed no significant changes in...

    Oct 11, 2016 | Kim Rodgers

    Cook County Launches “Fight the Bite” Campaign to Combat Zika

    Local health departments (LHDs) across the nation continue to respond to and brace for cases of Zika. Although the mosquitoes that carry Zika do not thrive in Cook County, Illinois, the Cook County Department of Public Health (CCDPH) is taking a proactive role in raising awareness about the virus among residents. Through a campaign launched […]

    Oct 10, 2016 | Erin Laird

    Immunization Matters: The Role of LHDs in Educating Communities

    Although National Immunization Awareness Month (NIAM) is winding down, it’s important for local health departments (LHDs) to continue actively promoting the importance of immunization beyond August. Immunizations play a vital role in protecting the health of communities. Thanks to the development of safe and effective vaccines, rates of vaccine-preventable disease have decreased in the last...

    Aug 23, 2016 | Kim Rodgers

    Obama Provides Progress Update on the Affordable Care Act

    President Obama recently penned an article for the Journal of the American Medical Association, providing a progress report on the Affordable Care Act (ACA). Published on Monday, “United States Health Care Reform — Progress to Date and Next Steps” highlights ACA’s successes and outlines the healthcare areas Obama believes require additional focus by policymakers in the near term and...

    Jul 13, 2016 | Kim Rodgers

    State of HCV Care National Survey Report Released

    Health HIV released a report titled HealthHCV’s State of HCV CareTM national survey report. The survey identified treatment utilization policies impacting coverage by payers as a major barrier among substantial and diverse barriers preventing providers from delivering necessary care to their HCV-infected patients. Other barriers identified included: limited infrastructure for proving hepatitis C...

    May 11, 2016 | Alyssa Kitlas

    The ACA and People with HIV: Video Profiles from the Field

    The Kaiser Family Foundation released a video series that features people with HIV sharing their experiences with health coverage in the era of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), including those living in the “coverage gap” as well as those who have gained insurance coverage. The videos also discuss the role the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program […]

    Feb 09, 2016 | Alyssa Kitlas

    MMWR Highlights Increases in Acute Hepatitis B Virus Infections in Three States

    A Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) published in January 2016 describes an emerging hepatitis B epidemic in Kentucky, Tennessee, and West Virginia. Since 2009, these Appalachian states have reported an increase in cases of acute HBV infection among non-Hispanic whites, persons aged 30–39 years, and injection drug users. Almost half of these new cases were […]

    Feb 03, 2016 | Alyssa Kitlas

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