Modernize Medical Licensing, and Credentialing, Too—Lessons From the COVID-19 Pandemic

United States, only 32% of HBV-infected individuals are aware of their disease, and awareness is suboptimal in all risk groups. 16 Public health initiatives to raise awareness of HBV are essential to preventing the spread of infection among high-risk groups, increasing uptake of screening and vaccination, and maximiz-ing the benefit of antiviral therapy.Along those lines, the update to the USPSTF HBV screening guidelines 3 brings HBV back to the forefront for health care professionals, patients, and the general public, and represents an important renewed commitment to the goal of viral hepatitis elimination nationwide.