Opinion & Analysis:  Hepatitis Policy Project

Opinion & Analysis

May 19, 2021

Get Tested for Viral Hepatitis and Know Your Status

April 15, 2020

Hepatitis Policy Project Releases New Brief on Expanding Hepatitis C Screening and Treatment in Correctional Facilities

January 27, 2020

National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine Release Report Recommending Improvements to Opioid Use Disorder and Infectious Disease Treatment Services

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

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.

June 13, 2019

Hepatitis Policy Project Releases New Report on Eliminating Hepatitis C Among People Living with HIV

May 17, 2019

May 19th is National Hepatitis Testing Day – Get Vaccinated. Get Tested. Get Treated. Get Cured!

May 31, 2018

Hepatitis Policy Project Releases New Report Telling the Stories of People Affected by Hepatitis C

February 15, 2018

The Institute’s Hepatitis Policy Project Launches New Website

February 9, 2018

The Silent Epidemic of Hepatitis C in the United States

September 20, 2018

Congress Passes Major Opioid Response Legislation that Includes Funding to Improve Infectious Disease Surveillance

August 9, 2018

New Study Develops The Most Comprehensive Dataset of U.S. Hepatitis C Patients and Epidemiology

July 11, 2018

A Need for Greater Participation of States in Handling the Hepatitis C Epidemic

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

April 3, 2018

Elimination Without Prevention — Mission Impossible

February 12, 2018

Actions Speak Louder Than Words: Reclaiming Lost Ground in the Battles Against Viral Hepatitis

December 8, 2017

Planning for Success: Adequate Funding for Hepatitis C Surveillance and Monitoring is Vital to Achieving Elimination

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.

May 5, 2017

Louisiana Proposes That the Federal Government Bypass Patent Restrictions to Acquire Cheaper Hepatitis C Drugs

December 22, 2016

Obama Signs $6.3 Billion Cures Act – But Does It Do More Harm Than Good?

November 21, 2016

Now What? The Potential Effects of a Trump Administration and Republican-Controlled Congress on Hepatitis C Care

September 29, 2016

O’Neill Institute Hosts Meeting To Discuss Improving Hepatitis C Data Collection and Surveillance

February 10, 2016

FY 2017 Federal Budget Proposal Addresses Hepatitis C Epidemic, but Misses Opportunity To Reach Many at Highest Risk for Infection

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

April 5, 2016

HHS Guidance on Syringe Service Programs Provides Substantive Support for HCV and HIV Infection Reduction Efforts Among Injection Drug Users

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

November 5, 2018

Being Sick Can Land You in Jail: Hepatitis C Criminalization

March 28, 2018

Low Rates of Screening for Hepatitis C Still Persists Among Baby Boomers

July 7, 2017

Hepatitis Policy Project Releases Recommendations to Improve Monitoring of the Hepatitis C Epidemic in the U.S.

July 8, 2016

Viral Hepatitis is the seventh leading cause of death worldwide: Yet U.S. treatment interventions continue to go underfunded

January 12, 2016

The Promise and Pitfalls of Eradicating Hepatitis C

June 8, 2016

Litigation is forcing States to finally stop restricting Hepatitis C treatment for Medicaid recipients

July 28, 2020

Who Bears the Burden?: How Current HCV Elimination Efforts Are Likely to Exacerbate the Existing HCV Burden on Vulnerable LGBT and Immigrant Populations

August 8, 2016

Spike in hepatitis C rates in young women further supports the need for screenings for all pregnant women

July 10, 2014

Meet Sonia L. Canzater

November 9, 2021

Looking Beyond Innovative Payment Models for Hepatitis C Virus Elimination

December 21, 2021

Hepatitis C Treatment is Dropping: How Can We Reverse the Downward Trajectory?

April 18, 2023

Hepatitis C Elimination Efforts Should Expand to Address Underdiagnosis and Poor Linkage to Care

May 25, 2023

Eliminating Hepatitis C Among Vulnerable Populations: The Vital Role That Emerging Long-Acting Treatments Can Play