{"id":6605,"date":"2026-04-24T11:55:27","date_gmt":"2026-04-24T15:55:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/id\/?p=6605"},"modified":"2026-05-07T09:45:19","modified_gmt":"2026-05-07T13:45:19","slug":"jama-publication-with-first-author-rachel-epstein-md-msce-gains-media-attention","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/id\/2026\/04\/24\/jama-publication-with-first-author-rachel-epstein-md-msce-gains-media-attention\/","title":{"rendered":"JAMA Publication with First Author Rachel Epstein, MD, MScE Gains Media Attention"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In a study conducted at BUMC, researchers investigated determinants for<span> HCV testing among infants perinatally exposed, and what proportion of infants with perinatal HCV infection have care accessible and are treated; the results revealed only 42% of US infants exposed are tested, with even fewer treated. Since its publication just last week, the study has gained traction within the realm of infectious disease. See the article\u00a0attached from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cidrap.umn.edu\/hepatitis\/less-half-us-infants-exposed-hepatitis-c-are-tested-and-fewer-are-treated\">the University of Minnesota<\/a><\/span><span>, and how it is referenced in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.medscape.com\/viewarticle\/less-than-half-perinatally-exposed-infants-are-hcv-tested-2026a1000dqw\">MedScape<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a study conducted at BUMC, researchers investigated determinants for HCV testing among infants perinatally exposed, and what proportion of infants with perinatal HCV infection have care accessible and are treated; the results revealed only 42% of US infants exposed are tested, with even fewer treated. Since its publication just last week, the study has [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24885,"featured_media":6607,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/id\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6605"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/id\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/id\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/id\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24885"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/id\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6605"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/id\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6605\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6616,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/id\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6605\/revisions\/6616"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/id\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6607"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/id\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6605"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/id\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6605"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/id\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6605"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}