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Pairing HCV testing and treatment eliminates the need to navigate the medical system.

Unstable housing is also associated with a higher HIV viral load.

Low-barrier care and access to multiple services in one place can improve outcomes for people experiencing homelessness or unstable housing.

Assessing patient-reported outcomes can support treatment for hard-to-reach populations.

Health officials remain concerned about HIV and hepatitis C transmissions during COVID-19.

Formerly a homeless person who used heroin, she advocated for New Yorkers affected by housing insecurity, drugs, HIV and hepatitis.

Homeless people, incarcerated individuals and people with mental health conditions achieved a high cure rate.

A new study’s findings have led researchers to challenge physicians’ biases against certain groups.

The CDC recently expanded its hepatitis A vaccine recommendation and now advises it for all people with HIV older than 12 months.

Hepatitis A is more common among people experiencing homelessness.

It’s a lot easier to fight addiction when you have a stable place to live.

Efforts to control viral hepatitis are falling behind, in part because of the growing opioid epidemic and homelessness crisis.

The city has focused its efforts on mobile outreach.

The CDC has released a new hepatitis A surveillance report.

This finding is from a program that sought to provide blanket treatment to Iceland’s hep C population.

The city is recommending that all people experiencing homelessness or using drugs get vaccinated to help prevent an outbreak.