#HCPs: @cdchep recommends all adults get screened at least once for #HepatitisC.

#HepatitisAwarenessMonth is a great time to talk to your patients about #HepC screening.

Learn more about the recommendation: https://bit.ly/3MVSllk

#DYK? All adults should be tested for #HepatitisC at least once in their lifetime.

Encourage others to get tested for #HepC.

Learn more here: https://bit.ly/3AfQfVS

#DYK? All adults should be tested for #HepatitisC at least once in their lifetime.

Encourage others to get tested for #HepC.

Learn more here: https://bit.ly/3AfQfVS

#HCPs: @cdchep recommends all adults get screened at least once for #HepatitisC.

#HepatitisAwarenessMonth is a great time to talk to your patients about #HepC screening.

Learn more about the recommendation: https://bit.ly/3MVSllk

Millions are living with viral #Hepatitis, and most don’t know they have it.
On this #NationalHepatitisTestingDay, let’s raise awareness of #HepB & #HepC and encourage everyone to learn their status.

Use @cdchep’s toolkit to spread the word: https://bit.ly/3oodmLo

DYK? Hepatitis B and Hepatitis C can both damage your liver.

You can prevent #HepB with a vaccine, and #HepC can be treated. This #HepatitisAwarenessMonth, talk to your healthcare provider about vaccination & screening! #LoveYourLiver

Learn more: https://bit.ly/41IEB1K

#DYK? Approximately 6% of infants born to a mother who has #HepatitisC will also get hepatitis C.

@cdchep recommends that you get tested for #HepC if you are pregnant. Ask your doctor about getting tested.

Learn more: https://bit.ly/376W0GX

Lawmakers all over the country are calling on prisons to explain their poor rates of treating #HepatitisC.

Glad to see my colleague Nick Florko's #HepC reporting get results.

Original 8-part series: https://www.statnews.com/death-sentence/

Story: https://www.statnews.com/2023/01/06/officials-begin-to-probe-prisons-hepatitis-c-treatment-efforts/

Yale School of Medicine researchers, including Lamia Y.K. Haque, MD, MPH, found patients with an #alcoholusedisorder have a lower chance of receiving direct-acting antiviral treatment for #HepatitisC, despite a higher risk of liver complications. #HepC #daa
bit.ly/3j48Vmf

Nearly all the progress the U.S. has made in treating #HepC in prisons has come because incarcerated people filed lawsuits against their jailers. When Phil Turney took on the Idaho Department of Corrections, he didn’t even have a computer. Watch: https://www.statnews.com/2022/12/15/typewriter-in-prison-overturns-idaho-hepatitis-c-policy

Leave the drama to the llamas!
We know #hepB and #hepC can seem scary at first--peers are here to help you get the information and reassurance you need on #hepatitis, testing, and treatment!
Visit http://Help4HepBC.ca or just call 1-888-411-7578!

#NationalLlamaDay #LlamaDay

Hi, I'm Kerri, posting on behalf of BC Hepatitis Network!

We're a charity based in British Columbia, Canada, working to eliminate #ViralHepatitis (#hepB and #hepC) in the province through education, prevention including #HarmReduction, testing, treatment, peer support and advocacy!
Hep B is treatable and hep C is curable if you know you have it--and testing takes just a simple blood draw!

Few inmates using flawed needle exchange program meant to protect against HIV: report https://bit.ly/3miRWLJ #HIV #HepC #Prisons #NeedleExchange #CanadianPrisons #cdnpoli

While not as widespread as #HIVcriminalisation laws, there are jurisdictions that also criminalise #hepC. This @CtrHIVLawPolicy fact sheet explains why punishment is not a public health strategy. http://www.hivlawandpolicy.org/resources/fact-sheet-punishment-not-a-public-health-strategy-criminalization-viral-hepatitis #hivlaw