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Herpes Cure Advocacy continues to maintain its priority of advocating for herpes to be a reportable disease, for including herpes in STI screening panels, and to financing research for vaccines and cures.<\/p>\n

Here you can find information on advocacy efforts where you can join in:<\/p>\n

HSV Screening Recommendation<\/strong>
\nThis white paper was written by three Herpes Cure Advocacy Board members making a recommendation to include HSV screening for people who are undergoing STI screening or testing (even and especially when they are asymptomatic).<\/p>\n

Learn more<\/a><\/p>\n

Make Neonatal Herpes a Reportable Condition<\/strong>
\nHerpes Cure Advocacy is advocating to make the neonatal herpes infection reportable via a recommendation from the Committee of State and Territorial Epidemiologists (CSTE).<\/p>\n

Learn more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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