Opinion & Analysis May 23, 2024 The South: The Frontier for the Battle to Eliminate HIV (Part II) Erica Patterson May 21, 2024 The South: The Frontier for the Battle to Eliminate HIV (Part I) Erica Patterson April 9, 2024 Examining the Correlation Between States’ LGBTQIA+ Policy Landscape and PrEP Uptake: How States Can Incentivize Usage Jeremy Glick March 26, 2024 Healing the Trust of Black Patients: The Impact on Engagement in HIV Testing and Treatment Erica Patterson February 22, 2024 Misogynoir in Medicine: How Bias in the Medical Field Places Black Women’s Lives at Risk Rolonda Donelson February 15, 2024 The Forgotten Community: Black Women Weathering the Waves of HIV Ashley Lockett Erica Patterson November 30, 2023 Expanding Access to Long-Acting Injectable PrEP for HIV: Lessons from Community-Based Pharmacy Models Luka Vujaskovic May 25, 2023 Eliminating Hepatitis C Among Vulnerable Populations: The Vital Role That Emerging Long-Acting Treatments Can Play Mackenzie Darling April 18, 2023 Hepatitis C Elimination Efforts Should Expand to Address Underdiagnosis and Poor Linkage to Care Ilina C. Odouard December 16, 2021 A Call to Action: Art Making and Mutual Aid in Response to Violence Against Sex Workers Anna Reed November 9, 2021 Looking Beyond Innovative Payment Models for Hepatitis C Virus Elimination Prashasti Bhatnagar October 28, 2021 Introducing the Maeve McKean Fellowship: Crafting Health Law through Community Partnership Anna Reed October 21, 2021 Unpacking the Dangers of Mastercard’s Push to Exclude Sex Workers From Safer Sex Trade Spaces Anna Reed May 19, 2021 Get Tested for Viral Hepatitis and Know Your Status Sonia L. Canzater January 19, 2021 Most U.S. Health Plans Must Now Cover the Full Cost of PrEP, But More Than the Medication Is Needed for HIV Prevention Landon Myers Sean Bland July 13, 2020 Reflections on the History of Contact Tracing Sean Bland May 29, 2020 O’Neill Institute Releases Publication on HIV Lessons for COVID-19 Contact Tracing Sean Bland April 30, 2020 O’Neill Institute Releases Publication on Meeting the Needs of People Living with HIV Sean Bland April 15, 2020 Hepatitis Policy Project Releases New Brief on Expanding Hepatitis C Screening and Treatment in Correctional Facilities Sonia L. Canzater March 26, 2020 O’Neill Institute Releases Publication on the USPSTF PrEP Recommendation Sean Bland January 31, 2020 Policy Work Is Needed to Eliminate Barriers to Syringe Services Programs Sean Bland January 29, 2020 President Obama’s Legacy of Leadership on HIV/AIDS Jeffrey S. Crowley January 27, 2020 National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine Release Report Recommending Improvements to Opioid Use Disorder and Infectious Disease Treatment Services Sonia L. Canzater November 21, 2019 Using HIV Prevention and Care Systems to Address the Rise in Sexually Transmitted Infections Sean Bland November 15, 2019 Legislators Should Think Outside the Box to Fight the Opioid Epidemic – Support of Safe Injection Sites is An Opportunity to Prevent Diseases and Overdose Deaths Sonia L. Canzater November 8, 2019 Overdose Prevention Sites Are an Effective Approach to Address Infectious Diseases Associated With Injection Drug Use Sean Bland September 27, 2019 HIV Policy Plans Must Have a Focus on Gay and Bisexual Men Sean Bland September 10, 2019 Hepatitis Policy Project Releases New Brief on Expanding Syringe Service Programs as an Essential Tool to Achieve Hepatitis C Elimination in the U.S. Sonia L. Canzater Jeffrey S. Crowley August 30, 2019 Rethinking the Deferral Period on Blood Donation: A More Tailored Measure than General Deferral on Men Who Have Sex With Men Yi-Shen Tsai August 26, 2019 O’Neill Institute Releases Publication on Scaling Up PrEP Use for HIV Prevention Sean Bland August 22, 2019 O’Neill Institute Releases Publications on HIV Cluster Detection Sean Bland August 21, 2019 Leveraging the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program to Improve the Health of Older People Living With HIV Yi-Shen Tsai July 26, 2019 A Spotlight on the Rise of Hepatitis A Cases in the U.S. As We Recognize World Hepatitis Day on July 28 Alexis Gbemudu July 19, 2019 Improving Laws to Support PrEP Access and HIV Prevention for Young People Sean Bland June 13, 2019 Hepatitis Policy Project Releases New Report on Eliminating Hepatitis C Among People Living with HIV Sonia L. Canzater May 17, 2019 May 19th is National Hepatitis Testing Day – Get Vaccinated. Get Tested. Get Treated. Get Cured! Sonia L. Canzater April 16, 2019 STD Awareness Month: O’Neill Institute Releases Quick Take Document on the US STI Crisis Sean Bland March 15, 2019 O’Neill Institute Releases Policy Brief on HIV Prevention for Latinx Gay and Bisexual Men Sean Bland March 8, 2019 Supporting Effective HIV Prevention Among Latinx Gay and Bisexual Men in the United States Sean Bland January 22, 2019 O’Neill Institute Releases Quick Take Documents on the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program and HIV Prevention Sean Bland November 30, 2018 World AIDS Day: Spotlight on Scientific and Policy Innovation Sean Bland November 20, 2018 The O’Neill Institute Hosts Its World AIDS Day Event on November 30: Innovative Approaches to HIV Treatment and Prevention Sean Bland November 5, 2018 Being Sick Can Land You in Jail: Hepatitis C Criminalization Sonia L. Canzater October 15, 2018 Today is National Latinx AIDS Awareness Day Sean Bland Airin Chen September 27, 2018 National Gay Men’s HIV/AIDS Awareness Day: Responding to the HIV Epidemic Among Black and Latino Gay and Bisexual Men Sean Bland Airin Chen September 20, 2018 Congress Passes Major Opioid Response Legislation that Includes Funding to Improve Infectious Disease Surveillance Sonia L. Canzater September 7, 2018 Rising STD Rates and the Importance of Integrated STD and HIV Responses Sean Bland August 9, 2018 New Study Develops The Most Comprehensive Dataset of U.S. Hepatitis C Patients and Epidemiology Sonia L. Canzater July 26, 2018 July 28 Is World Hepatitis Day – Take the Time To Learn More and Do More To Eliminate Viral Hepatitis Across the Globe Sonia L. Canzater July 16, 2018 amfAR and the O’Neill Institute Host Briefing on Long-Acting HIV Treatment and Prevention Sean Bland Jeffrey S. Crowley July 11, 2018 A Need for Greater Participation of States in Handling the Hepatitis C Epidemic Sonia L. Canzater Dr. Daniel Lising June 29, 2018 The Modernization of North Carolina’s HIV Criminal Laws and Its Consequences Sean Bland Ainslie Tisdale June 8, 2018 Opportunities for Progress: FDA Approves PrEP for Adolescents at Risk for HIV Sean Bland May 31, 2018 Hepatitis Policy Project Releases New Report Telling the Stories of People Affected by Hepatitis C Sonia L. Canzater May 1, 2018 Protecting Privacy and Confidentiality for People Living with HIV Sean Bland April 3, 2018 Elimination Without Prevention — Mission Impossible Thelma Thiel March 28, 2018 Low Rates of Screening for Hepatitis C Still Persists Among Baby Boomers Daniel Lising March 27, 2018 New O’Neill Institute Report on HIV Prevention Released in Advance of AIDSWatch Sean Bland March 2, 2018 Supporting College Students Living With HIV: A New Resource Sean Bland February 27, 2018 Several Modest Proposals to Improve Safety, Reduce Gun Violence, And Make Americans Happy Eric A. Friedman February 15, 2018 The Institute’s Hepatitis Policy Project Launches New Website Sonia L. Canzater February 12, 2018 Actions Speak Louder Than Words: Reclaiming Lost Ground in the Battles Against Viral Hepatitis Richard J. Wolitski Corinna Dan February 9, 2018 The Silent Epidemic of Hepatitis C in the United States Daniel Lising January 2, 2018 With or without an advisory council, President Trump will be judged on whether he moves us closer to ending the HIV epidemic Jeffrey S. Crowley December 8, 2017 Planning for Success: Adequate Funding for Hepatitis C Surveillance and Monitoring is Vital to Achieving Elimination Sonia L. Canzater Jeffrey S. Crowley November 27, 2017 This World AIDS Day Might Feel Different — And It Should Jeffrey S. Crowley November 14, 2017 The Opioid Crisis and HIV Sean Bland Natalie Dobek October 30, 2017 Recent HIV Updates from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Sean Bland October 4, 2017 Recent Developments in HIV Criminalization Sean Bland Natalie Dobek August 16, 2017 Long-Acting Agents for HIV Treatment and Prevention: Updates from the 9th IAS Conference on HIV Science Sean Bland July 27, 2017 HIV, Racial Justice, and Legal Organizations Release “Consensus Statement on HIV ‘Treatment as Prevention’ in Criminal Law Reform” Sean Bland July 26, 2017 House Appropriations Committee Passes FY2018 Health Services Budget Bill That Offers No Additional Funding for HIV or Viral Hepatitis Initiatives; Does Not Acknowledge the Rising Rates of Hepatitis C Infections in the U.S. Sonia L. Canzater July 7, 2017 Hepatitis Policy Project Releases Recommendations to Improve Monitoring of the Hepatitis C Epidemic in the U.S. Sonia L. Canzater May 24, 2017 O’Neill Institute Contributes to Public Comment on PrEP for HIV Prevention Sean Bland May 5, 2017 Louisiana Proposes That the Federal Government Bypass Patent Restrictions to Acquire Cheaper Hepatitis C Drugs Sonia L. Canzater May 1, 2017 Constitutional Challenge to Ohio HIV Criminalization Law Sean Bland Safura Abdool Karim April 6, 2017 New O’Neill Institute Report Examines the Importance of the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program for Protecting and Advancing HIV Public Health Gains During Health System Reform Sean Bland Safura Abdool Karim March 4, 2017 Assessing Laws and Policies To Protect Sex Workers and Promote Health Sean Bland December 23, 2016 HIV in Communities of Color: The Importance of Adolescent Access to Biomedical Prevention Sean Bland December 22, 2016 Obama Signs $6.3 Billion Cures Act – But Does It Do More Harm Than Good? Sonia L. Canzater November 21, 2016 Now What? The Potential Effects of a Trump Administration and Republican-Controlled Congress on Hepatitis C Care Sonia L. Canzater November 18, 2016 HIV Policy After the 2016 U.S. Elections Sean Bland October 20, 2016 amfAR Report Makes Recommendations for Health Plans and Health Care Purchasers to Support Efforts to Curb the HIV Epidemic in the U.S. Sean Bland September 29, 2016 O’Neill Institute Hosts Meeting To Discuss Improving Hepatitis C Data Collection and Surveillance Sonia L. Canzater September 24, 2016 Prisons and Jails as Health and Labor Issues Sean Bland August 12, 2016 Global Implementation of PrEP: The Importance of Addressing Social and Structural Barriers – Part 2 Sean Bland August 9, 2016 Global Implementation of PrEP: The Importance of Addressing Social and Structural Barriers Sean Bland July 8, 2016 Viral Hepatitis is the seventh leading cause of death worldwide: Yet U.S. treatment interventions continue to go underfunded Sonia L. Canzater June 10, 2016 Why the Full Decriminalization of Sex Work Is Important for Addressing the Global HIV/AIDS Epidemic Sean Bland June 8, 2016 Litigation is forcing States to finally stop restricting Hepatitis C treatment for Medicaid recipients Sonia L. Canzater May 5, 2016 May Is National Hepatitis Awareness Month: Hepatitis C Testing Is Critically Important As CDC Reports Infection Rates and Deaths in U.S. at All-Time High Sonia L. Canzater April 5, 2016 The Importance of Knowing the History of HIV and AIDS Sean Bland April 5, 2016 HHS Guidance on Syringe Service Programs Provides Substantive Support for HCV and HIV Infection Reduction Efforts Among Injection Drug Users Sonia L. Canzater February 10, 2016 FY 2017 Federal Budget Proposal Addresses Hepatitis C Epidemic, but Misses Opportunity To Reach Many at Highest Risk for Infection Sonia L. Canzater February 9, 2016 President’s Budget Proposes $20 Million Pilot Program to Increase Access to PrEP Sean Bland January 12, 2016 The Promise and Pitfalls of Eradicating Hepatitis C Sonia L. Canzater January 6, 2016 HIV and Medical Bills: The Importance of the Affordable Care Act and the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program Sean Bland December 1, 2015 World AIDS Day: Spotlight on PrEP for HIV Prevention Sean Bland
April 9, 2024 Examining the Correlation Between States’ LGBTQIA+ Policy Landscape and PrEP Uptake: How States Can Incentivize Usage Jeremy Glick
March 26, 2024 Healing the Trust of Black Patients: The Impact on Engagement in HIV Testing and Treatment Erica Patterson
February 22, 2024 Misogynoir in Medicine: How Bias in the Medical Field Places Black Women’s Lives at Risk Rolonda Donelson
February 15, 2024 The Forgotten Community: Black Women Weathering the Waves of HIV Ashley Lockett Erica Patterson
November 30, 2023 Expanding Access to Long-Acting Injectable PrEP for HIV: Lessons from Community-Based Pharmacy Models Luka Vujaskovic
May 25, 2023 Eliminating Hepatitis C Among Vulnerable Populations: The Vital Role That Emerging Long-Acting Treatments Can Play Mackenzie Darling
April 18, 2023 Hepatitis C Elimination Efforts Should Expand to Address Underdiagnosis and Poor Linkage to Care Ilina C. Odouard
December 16, 2021 A Call to Action: Art Making and Mutual Aid in Response to Violence Against Sex Workers Anna Reed
November 9, 2021 Looking Beyond Innovative Payment Models for Hepatitis C Virus Elimination Prashasti Bhatnagar
October 28, 2021 Introducing the Maeve McKean Fellowship: Crafting Health Law through Community Partnership Anna Reed
October 21, 2021 Unpacking the Dangers of Mastercard’s Push to Exclude Sex Workers From Safer Sex Trade Spaces Anna Reed
January 19, 2021 Most U.S. Health Plans Must Now Cover the Full Cost of PrEP, But More Than the Medication Is Needed for HIV Prevention Landon Myers Sean Bland
May 29, 2020 O’Neill Institute Releases Publication on HIV Lessons for COVID-19 Contact Tracing Sean Bland
April 30, 2020 O’Neill Institute Releases Publication on Meeting the Needs of People Living with HIV Sean Bland
April 15, 2020 Hepatitis Policy Project Releases New Brief on Expanding Hepatitis C Screening and Treatment in Correctional Facilities Sonia L. Canzater
January 27, 2020 National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine Release Report Recommending Improvements to Opioid Use Disorder and Infectious Disease Treatment Services Sonia L. Canzater
November 21, 2019 Using HIV Prevention and Care Systems to Address the Rise in Sexually Transmitted Infections Sean Bland
November 15, 2019 Legislators Should Think Outside the Box to Fight the Opioid Epidemic – Support of Safe Injection Sites is An Opportunity to Prevent Diseases and Overdose Deaths Sonia L. Canzater
November 8, 2019 Overdose Prevention Sites Are an Effective Approach to Address Infectious Diseases Associated With Injection Drug Use Sean Bland
September 10, 2019 Hepatitis Policy Project Releases New Brief on Expanding Syringe Service Programs as an Essential Tool to Achieve Hepatitis C Elimination in the U.S. Sonia L. Canzater Jeffrey S. Crowley
August 30, 2019 Rethinking the Deferral Period on Blood Donation: A More Tailored Measure than General Deferral on Men Who Have Sex With Men Yi-Shen Tsai
August 26, 2019 O’Neill Institute Releases Publication on Scaling Up PrEP Use for HIV Prevention Sean Bland
August 21, 2019 Leveraging the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program to Improve the Health of Older People Living With HIV Yi-Shen Tsai
July 26, 2019 A Spotlight on the Rise of Hepatitis A Cases in the U.S. As We Recognize World Hepatitis Day on July 28 Alexis Gbemudu
June 13, 2019 Hepatitis Policy Project Releases New Report on Eliminating Hepatitis C Among People Living with HIV Sonia L. Canzater
May 17, 2019 May 19th is National Hepatitis Testing Day – Get Vaccinated. Get Tested. Get Treated. Get Cured! Sonia L. Canzater
April 16, 2019 STD Awareness Month: O’Neill Institute Releases Quick Take Document on the US STI Crisis Sean Bland
March 15, 2019 O’Neill Institute Releases Policy Brief on HIV Prevention for Latinx Gay and Bisexual Men Sean Bland
March 8, 2019 Supporting Effective HIV Prevention Among Latinx Gay and Bisexual Men in the United States Sean Bland
January 22, 2019 O’Neill Institute Releases Quick Take Documents on the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program and HIV Prevention Sean Bland
November 20, 2018 The O’Neill Institute Hosts Its World AIDS Day Event on November 30: Innovative Approaches to HIV Treatment and Prevention Sean Bland
September 27, 2018 National Gay Men’s HIV/AIDS Awareness Day: Responding to the HIV Epidemic Among Black and Latino Gay and Bisexual Men Sean Bland Airin Chen
September 20, 2018 Congress Passes Major Opioid Response Legislation that Includes Funding to Improve Infectious Disease Surveillance Sonia L. Canzater
August 9, 2018 New Study Develops The Most Comprehensive Dataset of U.S. Hepatitis C Patients and Epidemiology Sonia L. Canzater
July 26, 2018 July 28 Is World Hepatitis Day – Take the Time To Learn More and Do More To Eliminate Viral Hepatitis Across the Globe Sonia L. Canzater
July 16, 2018 amfAR and the O’Neill Institute Host Briefing on Long-Acting HIV Treatment and Prevention Sean Bland Jeffrey S. Crowley
July 11, 2018 A Need for Greater Participation of States in Handling the Hepatitis C Epidemic Sonia L. Canzater Dr. Daniel Lising
June 29, 2018 The Modernization of North Carolina’s HIV Criminal Laws and Its Consequences Sean Bland Ainslie Tisdale
June 8, 2018 Opportunities for Progress: FDA Approves PrEP for Adolescents at Risk for HIV Sean Bland
May 31, 2018 Hepatitis Policy Project Releases New Report Telling the Stories of People Affected by Hepatitis C Sonia L. Canzater
March 28, 2018 Low Rates of Screening for Hepatitis C Still Persists Among Baby Boomers Daniel Lising
March 27, 2018 New O’Neill Institute Report on HIV Prevention Released in Advance of AIDSWatch Sean Bland
February 27, 2018 Several Modest Proposals to Improve Safety, Reduce Gun Violence, And Make Americans Happy Eric A. Friedman
February 12, 2018 Actions Speak Louder Than Words: Reclaiming Lost Ground in the Battles Against Viral Hepatitis Richard J. Wolitski Corinna Dan
January 2, 2018 With or without an advisory council, President Trump will be judged on whether he moves us closer to ending the HIV epidemic Jeffrey S. Crowley
December 8, 2017 Planning for Success: Adequate Funding for Hepatitis C Surveillance and Monitoring is Vital to Achieving Elimination Sonia L. Canzater Jeffrey S. Crowley
August 16, 2017 Long-Acting Agents for HIV Treatment and Prevention: Updates from the 9th IAS Conference on HIV Science Sean Bland
July 27, 2017 HIV, Racial Justice, and Legal Organizations Release “Consensus Statement on HIV ‘Treatment as Prevention’ in Criminal Law Reform” Sean Bland
July 26, 2017 House Appropriations Committee Passes FY2018 Health Services Budget Bill That Offers No Additional Funding for HIV or Viral Hepatitis Initiatives; Does Not Acknowledge the Rising Rates of Hepatitis C Infections in the U.S. Sonia L. Canzater
July 7, 2017 Hepatitis Policy Project Releases Recommendations to Improve Monitoring of the Hepatitis C Epidemic in the U.S. Sonia L. Canzater
May 5, 2017 Louisiana Proposes That the Federal Government Bypass Patent Restrictions to Acquire Cheaper Hepatitis C Drugs Sonia L. Canzater
April 6, 2017 New O’Neill Institute Report Examines the Importance of the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program for Protecting and Advancing HIV Public Health Gains During Health System Reform Sean Bland Safura Abdool Karim
December 23, 2016 HIV in Communities of Color: The Importance of Adolescent Access to Biomedical Prevention Sean Bland
December 22, 2016 Obama Signs $6.3 Billion Cures Act – But Does It Do More Harm Than Good? Sonia L. Canzater
November 21, 2016 Now What? The Potential Effects of a Trump Administration and Republican-Controlled Congress on Hepatitis C Care Sonia L. Canzater
October 20, 2016 amfAR Report Makes Recommendations for Health Plans and Health Care Purchasers to Support Efforts to Curb the HIV Epidemic in the U.S. Sean Bland
September 29, 2016 O’Neill Institute Hosts Meeting To Discuss Improving Hepatitis C Data Collection and Surveillance Sonia L. Canzater
August 12, 2016 Global Implementation of PrEP: The Importance of Addressing Social and Structural Barriers – Part 2 Sean Bland
August 9, 2016 Global Implementation of PrEP: The Importance of Addressing Social and Structural Barriers Sean Bland
July 8, 2016 Viral Hepatitis is the seventh leading cause of death worldwide: Yet U.S. treatment interventions continue to go underfunded Sonia L. Canzater
June 10, 2016 Why the Full Decriminalization of Sex Work Is Important for Addressing the Global HIV/AIDS Epidemic Sean Bland
June 8, 2016 Litigation is forcing States to finally stop restricting Hepatitis C treatment for Medicaid recipients Sonia L. Canzater
May 5, 2016 May Is National Hepatitis Awareness Month: Hepatitis C Testing Is Critically Important As CDC Reports Infection Rates and Deaths in U.S. at All-Time High Sonia L. Canzater
April 5, 2016 HHS Guidance on Syringe Service Programs Provides Substantive Support for HCV and HIV Infection Reduction Efforts Among Injection Drug Users Sonia L. Canzater
February 10, 2016 FY 2017 Federal Budget Proposal Addresses Hepatitis C Epidemic, but Misses Opportunity To Reach Many at Highest Risk for Infection Sonia L. Canzater
February 9, 2016 President’s Budget Proposes $20 Million Pilot Program to Increase Access to PrEP Sean Bland
January 6, 2016 HIV and Medical Bills: The Importance of the Affordable Care Act and the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program Sean Bland