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11/21/2025

⭐ The RAISE Hub, launched in 2022 and led by NASTAD and the University of Washington, supports Ending the Epidemic (EHE) efforts through evidence-based interventions, implementation science, and technical assistance for health departments nationwide.

🌐October's webinar, “Prioritization in an Era of Scarcity,” featured Dr. Matthew Golden discussing how to sustain HIV prevention and treatment amid shrinking resources.

🔗 Catch the recording and learn more about the RAISE Hub’s work advancing implementation science in EHE jurisdictions here: https://nastad.org/resources/nastad-and-raise-webinar-series.

11/20/2025

⭐ Through a partnership with Together TakeMeHome, Grindr helped distribute over one million self-test kits!

📨 1 in 4 of orders were from first time testers, highlighting the importance of closing health-gaps through digital platforms and reducing stigma around sexual health.

💖 has over 15 million users and with this public health collaboration, judgement-free spaces can exist for care.

🔗 Order a free self-test today at together.takemehome.org!

11/19/2025

Enhanced ACA premium tax credits help millions afford health coverage, including many people with .

📆 They are set to expire at the end of the year and their potential lapse, combined with insurers’ proposed premium hikes, could sharply raise costs and threaten coverage stability.

❤️ For people with HIV, who disproportionately rely on Marketplace plans and the Program, these changes could increase financial strain, disrupt access to medication, and jeopardize viral suppression.

👩🏽‍⚕️Losing these protections would have serious consequences for both individual health and broader public health! You can learn more from Kaiser Family Foundation here: https://www.kff.org/hiv-aids/how-might-expiring-premium-tax-credits-impact-people-with-hiv/

11/14/2025

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Newsletters you can sign up for include:
📙Policy Newsletter: Updates on the Impact of National Politics on HIV & Hepatitis
📗Capacity Builder News: Updates on Health Dept. CBA Opportunities & Resource
📘Hepatitis Newsletter
📕PrEP Access Newsletter

🔗 You can learn more here: https://nastad.org/newsletter

11/11/2025

Call for Late-Breaking Abstracts – Deadline: November 17, 2025
Hep-DART 2025 is now accepting Late-Breaking Abstracts!

If you have new, high-impact data or recent breakthroughs in hepatitis or antiviral research, this is your opportunity to present your findings to an international audience of experts in hepatology, virology, and drug development.

Submission Deadline: November 17, 2025
Conference Dates: December 7–11, 2025

Location: Hilton Hawaiian Village Waikiki Beach Resort, Honolulu, Hawai‘i

Late-breaking abstracts should include important, novel, or time-sensitive research that was not available at the time of the regular abstract submission deadline. Accepted abstracts will be featured in the Hep-DART 2025 scientific program and published in the official conference proceedings.

🔗 Submit Your Abstract: https://informedhorizonseducation.com/abstracts-hepdart-2025

🌐 Learn More: www.hepdart.com

Join us in Honolulu for Hep-DART 2025 as we discuss the future of hepatitis therapy and drug development in a collaborative and inspiring environment!

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11/07/2025

📙NASTAD conducted a survey in which 42 jurisdictions reported on systemwide effects on the public health workforce as it relates to proposed federal budget cuts on health departments.

💲Funding instability threatens program operations and the people who carry them out. Respondents reported widespread concerns about:
- State-level hiring freezes and procurement delays.
- Reduced contractor and subrecipient support.
- Diminished technical assistance and community engagement capacity.
- These conditions mirror longstanding structural vulnerabilities that have hindered the nation’s ability to sustain and retain a skilled public health workforce.

Read more here: https://nastad.org/resources/impact-proposed-federal-budget-cuts-health-departments

11/05/2025

📙NASTAD'S resource on the impact of federal budget cuts on health departments takes a look at how even modest reductions would result in immediate losses in services, staffing, and surveillance capacity.

💲For example, viral prevention and surveillance programs are already some of the most underfunded components of the public health system. In this resource, NASTAD conducted a survey with 42 jurisdictions and found that a 50% funding cut would result in:
- Elimination of C testing and hepatitis A and B immunization programs.
- Layoffs of specialized surveillance and data staff.
- Reduced provider training and community outreach.

🔗 Read more here: https://nastad.org/resources/impact-proposed-federal-budget-cuts-health-departments

11/04/2025

📚 NASTAD's resource on policy guidance for viral programs in health departments.

🩺 This toolkit provides general information for how viral hepatitis staff can provide education, information, and technical assistance on policy decisions within their jurisdictions.

👩🏽‍💻 It is important for governmental public health staff to be familiar with the rules of what is allowed/not allowed in their agencies. Once this is understood, staff can get a lot done! Staff can use this toolkit for its talking points on engaging in policy work, frame policy work around core functions of public health, and understand their agencies' view on certain policy.

🔗 Read more here: https://nastad.org/resources/toolkit-policy-guidance-viral-hepatitis-programs-health-departments

11/03/2025

📚 NASTAD released a resource on the impact of proposed federal budget cuts on health departments.

📝 NASTAD conducted a jurisdictional impact survey, in which 42 jurisdictions responded, to understand the weight of the potential effects of reductions across prevention and surveillance, viral , the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program ( ), and overdose prevention programs. The results showed how proposed budget cuts would affect state and local health departments, service delivery systems, and the people they serve.

💲States will not be able to fill the gap in federal funding... why?
- State revenues are already stretched by rising health care costs and workforce shortages.
- Once staff and contracts are lost, rebuilding capacity can take years, even if funding is restored.
- Many states are subject to balanced budget requirements, and limited discretionary dollars are already allocated to other core responsibilities such as , , or emergency preparedness.

🔗 Read more here: https://nastad.org/resources/impact-proposed-federal-budget-cuts-health-departments

10/23/2025

📚 NASTAD released an issue brief on the impact of proposed federal budget cuts on health departments.

🔗 Download and read the issue brief here: https://nastad.org/resources/impact-proposed-federal-budget-cuts-health-departments.

"The threat of significant federal funding cuts to public health programs has created growing uncertainty for state and local health departments. Proposed reductions and/or eliminations to CDC’s prevention and surveillance programs, the Ending the HIV Epidemic (EHE) initiative, the HIV/AIDS Program, and would have far-reaching consequences for public health infrastructure and service delivery.

To understand the scope of these potential impacts, NASTAD conducted a jurisdictional impact survey assessing how health departments would be affected by reductions across HIV prevention and surveillance, viral , Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program ( ), and overdose prevention programs.

NASTAD published an issue brief that summarizes key findings from that survey, illustrating nationwide implications of the proposed cuts and underscoring the critical role of federal funding in sustaining HIV, hepatitis, and related public health programs."

10/22/2025

🏫 Join on Wednesday, November 12 at 3:00pm ET for a virtual town hall to explore recent hepatitis B developments from the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP).

📆 This event will provide an open forum for a comprehensive Q&A session covering potential ACIP outcomes, the significance of the hepatitis B birth dose, and collaborative efforts to guarantee that every child has access to the hepatitis B vaccine.

🔗 Register Now: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/xV4v1ybeRq-djRoMd6lpYQ

10/21/2025

📚 Check out NASTAD's resource on "Practical Guidance for Managing B and C Lab Result Notes with HL7 Feeds."

🔬 Health Level 7 ( ) feeds are important in transmitting lab data to public health surveillance systems. Sometimes important notes or comments associated with lab hepatitis B and C results can be missed or not used. These important notes can help health departments correctly identify hepatitis cases and decide what actions to take.

♥️ This resource is meant to help hepatitis surveillance staff work with their informatics team to find, pull, and include these notes from HL7 lab messages in their surveillance system. Using these lab result notes more effectively can make data more complete, improve how cases are classified, strengthen the Continuum of Care (also called the Care Cascade), and give better information to guide public health programs!

🔗 You can read more here: https://nastad.org/resources/practical-guidance-managing-hepatitis-b-and-c-lab-result-notes-hl7-feeds