Viral Hepatitis Action Plan

7-27-2021In the United States, we have an amazing opportunity to eliminate viral hepatitis -- a group of infectious diseases that cause short and long-term liver disease…

5-18-2021May is Hepatitis Awareness Month, an annual opportunity to raise awareness of the importance of vaccination for hepatitis A and hepatitis B, testing for hepatit…

10-7-2020The 2020 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine was awarded to American researchers Harvey J. Alter and Charles M. Rice and British-born scientist Michael Hought…

9-28-2020The U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) is inviting comments on the draft national strategic plans for sexually transmitted infections and viral he…

4-29-2020One-third of people living with HIV are coinfected with hepatitis B or C. Read more.

4-14-2020Cross-posted from NCHHSTP NewsroomData emphasize importance of new CDC hepatitis C screening recommendations for all adultsNew data show that chronic hepatitis …

9-20-2019The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force has released a draft recommendation statement and evidence review on screening for HCV infection open through Sept 23.

9-9-2019Corinna Dan of HHS shared highlights from her presentation at 2019 USCA on hepatitis elimination efforts in this video conversation.

9-4-2019The 2019 U.S. Conference on AIDS  takes place this week in Washington, DC. HIV.gov will be sharing video conversations on both Facebook and Twitter.

7-31-2019For World Hepatitis Day, we rounded up recent news of interest from the HHS viral hepatitis blog.