Utah's Public Health Approach to Recent Hepatitis A Outbreak
April 10th 2019In May 2017, a case of hepatitis A was detected in a Salt Lake County hospital. Over the next 20 months, Utah health officials worked to address what ended up being the largest hepatitis A outbreak in the state’s history.
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Universal HCV Screening During Pregnancy 'Highly' Cost-Effective: Study
March 13th 2019The first study to evaluate the cost-effectiveness of hepatitis C virus (HCV) screening among pregnant women in the US in the era of direct-acting antiviral (DAA) treatment demonstrates that it would be "highly" cost effective, even in states with low HCV prevalence.
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