{"id":927,"date":"2026-05-28T10:57:54","date_gmt":"2026-05-28T14:57:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.hepfree.nyc\/?p=927"},"modified":"2026-09-04T18:44:51","modified_gmt":"2026-09-04T22:44:51","slug":"2026-hepatitis-awareness-month-recap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.hepfree.nyc\/?p=927","title":{"rendered":"2026 Hepatitis Awareness Month Recap"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"927\" class=\"elementor elementor-927\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b827efd e-con e-atomic-element e-flexbox-base e-142e715 \" data-id=\"b827efd\" data-element_type=\"e-flexbox\" data-e-type=\"e-flexbox\" data-interaction-id=\"b827efd\" data-e-type=\"e-flexbox\" data-id=\"b827efd\">\n    \t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0660450 elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"0660450\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hf-recap\">\r\n\r\n<style>\r\n\/* Hep Free NYC \u2014 awareness month recap block. 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strong{font-size:1.75rem;}\r\n\t.hf-recap .hf-events > li{padding:1rem 1.1rem;}\r\n}\r\n<\/style>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"hf-deck\">To mark National Hepatitis Awareness Month in May, Hispanic Federation and Hep Free NYC teamed up for the 14th Annual Steps of City Hall Press Event to raise Hep B &amp; C awareness.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"hf-meta\">\r\n\t<div><span>Date<\/span>May 19, 2026<\/div>\r\n\t<div><span>Location<\/span>Steps of City Hall, New York, NY<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n<ul class=\"hf-days\">\r\n\t<li><b>April 30<\/b>National Adult Hep B Vaccination Awareness Day<\/li>\r\n\t<li><b>May<\/b>Hepatitis Awareness Month<\/li>\r\n\t<li><b>May 15<\/b>National Hispanic Hepatitis Awareness Day<\/li>\r\n\t<li><b>May 17<\/b>National Hep C\/HIV Co-infection Day<\/li>\r\n\t<li><b>May 19<\/b>National Testing Day<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"hf-stats\">\r\n\t<div><strong>14th<\/strong><span>Annual press event<\/span><\/div>\r\n\t<div><strong>3<\/strong><span>City Council members<\/span><\/div>\r\n\t<div><strong>160+<\/strong><span>Hepatitis Champions<\/span><\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n<p>On May 19th, three City Council members and over 160 Hepatitis Champions gathered on the Steps of City Hall to raise awareness of the importance of increased testing, access to care, and treatment of Hep B and C. 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Many thanks to all of our viral hepatitis speakers for advocating and sharing their linkage-to-care stories.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<ul class=\"hf-list\">\r\n\t<li><strong>Lynn Schulman<\/strong> &mdash; District 29<\/li>\r\n\t<li><strong>Carl Wilson<\/strong> &mdash; District 3<\/li>\r\n\t<li><strong>Virginia Maloney<\/strong> &mdash; District 4<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n\r\n<h2 class=\"hf-section\">World Hepatitis Day 2026<\/h2>\r\n\r\n<p>To continue this awareness effort, Hep Free NYC and Hispanic Federation will be honoring World Hepatitis Day 2026 on July 28th in the Bronx and Brooklyn.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<ul class=\"hf-events\">\r\n\t<li>\r\n\t\t<h3>Bronx Anti-Stigma March &amp; Health Fair<\/h3>\r\n\t\t<span class=\"hf-when\">July 28 &middot; Lou Gehrig Plaza &middot; 10 AM&ndash;3 PM<\/span>\r\n\t\t<p>In collaboration with ETE, Hep Free NYC and Hispanic Federation will be joining the Bronx Anti-Stigma March and Health Fair to provide Hep B and C education and screening to Bronx residents.<\/p>\r\n\t\t<a class=\"hf-rsvp\" href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/e\/1FAIpQLSd-qLz6oLM9y6iA8YTdUBbswlKkcnCHsBgcUs-s35G_q_UaVg\/viewform\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">RSVP<\/a>\r\n\t<\/li>\r\n\t<li>\r\n\t\t<h3>Brooklyn Hepatitis Screening &amp; Outreach<\/h3>\r\n\t\t<span class=\"hf-when\">July 28 &middot; Restoration Plaza &middot; 11 AM&ndash;3 PM<\/span>\r\n\t\t<p>On that same day, Housing Works, Hep Free NYC, and Hispanic Federation will host the Brooklyn Hepatitis Screening &amp; Outreach event to provide Hep B and C education and testing to Brooklyn residents.<\/p>\r\n\t\t<a class=\"hf-rsvp\" href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/e\/1FAIpQLSdVnYemH5c3_LOhw0FPxI8SxZuP_558qudpyK308pkl_-w8Dg\/viewform\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">RSVP<\/a>\r\n\t<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n\r\n<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2024 Hepatitis Awareness Month Recap.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_asy_seo_locked":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[67,68],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-927","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-awareness-days","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.hepfree.nyc\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/927","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.hepfree.nyc\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.hepfree.nyc\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.hepfree.nyc\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.hepfree.nyc\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=927"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/staging.hepfree.nyc\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/927\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2873,"href":"https:\/\/staging.hepfree.nyc\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/927\/revisions\/2873"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.hepfree.nyc\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=927"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.hepfree.nyc\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=927"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.hepfree.nyc\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=927"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}