Action Alerts

                                                   MEDIA ADVISORY Contact:           John Hellman Tel: 646-377-6115;  [email protected] New York City Leaders and Federal Officials Call for Action to Address the Impact of Viral Hepatitis What: Elected officials, community leaders and public health officials will announce free and … Continue reading →

    The New York State Legislature is considering legislation (a bill) that would require clinics and hospitals to offer hepatitis C screening to all baby boomers (people born 1945-1965). This legislation was approved and voted out of the Assembly … Continue reading →

To view as a webpage, click here. Dear Colleagues, May is Hepatitis Awareness Month, and May 19th is recognized as Hepatitis Testing Day in the United States. During this month, CDC and its public health partners will work to raise … Continue reading →

For a PDF version, click here. May 1, 2013 Contacts: Dr. Loc Le, Chair of National Hepatitis B Task Force (443) 618-0614, [email protected] Jocelyn Woog, Executive Director of the Asian Health Foundation (507) 316-1578, [email protected] Hepatitis Awareness Month Begins May … Continue reading →

Letters of support are needed immediately for HCV Testing Bill. Feel free to copy and paste from Harm Reduction Coalition’s letter (below) and put it on your organization’s letter head and forward it to Hadiyah Charles [email protected] or fax: (212) 213-6582. Or … Continue reading →

The deadline is approaching (Tues, April 30th) for organizations and companies to sign the letter urging Secretary Sebelius to ensure that Medicare incorporates hepatitis C screening into the Welcome to Medicare exam and the Medicare annual wellness visit. This action would … Continue reading →

Urge your members of congress to sign on in support of increased funding for the Division of Viral Hepatitis at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in FY2014. Members of Congress need to know that viral hepatitis is … Continue reading →

Urge Your Members of Congress to Support Viral Hepatitis Funding In Their Appropriations Programmatic Requests With the passage of the continuing resolution (CR) for FY2013 at the FY2012 levels (before the sequester) and no Prevention and Public Health Fund allocations, … Continue reading →

Deadline: Tues, April 30th at 5PM. We welcome sign-ons from companies in addition to organizations on this letter. However, individuals will not be included. Below is an organizational sign-on letter urging Secretary Sebelius to ensure that Medicare incorporates hepatitis C … Continue reading →