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MMWR: Prevention of Hepatitis B – Recommendations from ACIP
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) published a new Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) article, Prevention...
Jan 17, 2018 | Kim Rodgers
CDC Report: Progress Toward Viral Hepatitis Elimination in the United States
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently released Progress Toward Viral Hepatitis Elimination in the United...
Nov 06, 2017 | Kim Rodgers
Report: Science over Stigma: The Public Health Case Against HCV Treatment Sobriety...
In response to the introduction of effective, short-course, curative hepatitis C (HCV) treatments, shifting HCV trends nationwide, and...
Sep 14, 2017 | Kim Rodgers
World Hepatitis Day 2017: Local Health Departments Move Toward Elimination
World Hepatitis Day takes places every year on July 28 to raise awareness of the global burden of viral hepatitis and influence real...
Jul 28, 2017 | Gretchen Weiss
2015 Viral Hepatitis Surveillance Report
Last month, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released preliminary viral hepatitis surveillance data. Now, the full...
Jun 21, 2017 | Kim Rodgers
Eliminating Mother-to-Child Transmission of HBV in the US: A Call to Action
By: Chari Cohen, DrPH, MPH, Hepatitis B Foundation; Kate Moraras, MPH, Hepatitis B Foundation; Thaddeus Pham, BS, Hawaii Department of...
Feb 09, 2017 | Kim Rodgers
View Now: Webcast on Strategies for Hepatitis B and C Testing and Linkage to Care
Last week, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) hosted a Public Health Reports Webinar to discuss the strategies for...
Oct 11, 2016 | Kim Rodgers
Technical Consultation on the Elimination of Perinatal Hepatitis B in the U.S.: What...
By Cynthia English, RN BSN, Communicable Disease Specialist, Saint Louis County (MO) Department of Public Health Hepatitis B infection...
Feb 09, 2016 | Guest Author
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
MMWR: Prevention of Hepatitis B – Recommendations from ACIPThe Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) published a new Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) article, Prevention of Hepatitis B Virus Infection in the United States: Recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices. The article updates and summarizes previously published recommendations from the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) and CDC... Jan 17, 2018 | Kim Rodgers |
CDC Report: Progress Toward Viral Hepatitis Elimination in the United StatesThe Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently released Progress Toward Viral Hepatitis Elimination in the United States, an inaugural report highlighting the nation’s progress toward reducing the burden of hepatitis A virus (HAV), hepatitis B virus (HBV), and hepatitis C virus (HCV) infections. The report provides information on progress in the implementation of recommended... Nov 06, 2017 | Kim Rodgers |
Report: Science over Stigma: The Public Health Case Against HCV Treatment Sobriety RestrictionsIn response to the introduction of effective, short-course, curative hepatitis C (HCV) treatments, shifting HCV trends nationwide, and calls for universal access to treatment, NASTAD has recently released Science over Stigma: The Public Health Case Against HCV Treatment Sobriety Restrictions,which explores the impact of private and public insurance sobriety requirements that are barriers to HCV... Sep 14, 2017 | Kim Rodgers |
World Hepatitis Day 2017: Local Health Departments Move Toward EliminationWorld Hepatitis Day takes places every year on July 28 to raise awareness of the global burden of viral hepatitis and influence real change. Viral hepatitis is a major global health threat with around 240 million people living with chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) and up to 150 million people living with chronic hepatitis C […] Jul 28, 2017 | Gretchen Weiss |
2015 Viral Hepatitis Surveillance ReportLast month, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released preliminary viral hepatitis surveillance data. Now, the full scope of that data is available in CDC’s 2015 Viral Hepatitis Surveillance Report. Highlights from the report include the following: The number of reported cases of hepatitis A increased 12.2% to 1,390 cases in 2015. After […] Jun 21, 2017 | Kim Rodgers |
Eliminating Mother-to-Child Transmission of HBV in the US: A Call to ActionBy: Chari Cohen, DrPH, MPH, Hepatitis B Foundation; Kate Moraras, MPH, Hepatitis B Foundation; Thaddeus Pham, BS, Hawaii Department of Health; Isha Weerasinghe, MSc, Association of Asian Pacific Community Health Organizations; Vivian Huang, MD, MPH, National Viral Hepatitis Roundtable; Jefferey Caballero, MPH, Association of Asian Pacific Community Health Organizations; and,Joan Block, RN, BSN,... Feb 09, 2017 | Kim Rodgers |
View Now: Webcast on Strategies for Hepatitis B and C Testing and Linkage to CareLast 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 Division of Viral Hepatitis (DVH) Strategic Plan, 2016–2020: Bringing Together Science and Public-Health Practice for the Elimination of Viral Hepatitis, […] Oct 11, 2016 | Kim Rodgers |
Technical Consultation on the Elimination of Perinatal Hepatitis B in the U.S.: What Local Health Departments Can DoBy Cynthia English, RN BSN, Communicable Disease Specialist, Saint Louis County (MO) Department of Public Health Hepatitis B infection in a pregnant woman poses a serious risk to her infant at birth. Without post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP), approximately 40% of infants born to hepatitis B-infected mothers in the United States will develop chronic hepatitis B infection, approximately one-fourth... Feb 09, 2016 | Guest Author |
MMWR Highlights Increases in Acute Hepatitis B Virus Infections in Three StatesA 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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