{"id":831176,"date":"2026-07-28T10:23:08","date_gmt":"2026-07-28T10:23:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/831176\/"},"modified":"2026-07-28T10:23:08","modified_gmt":"2026-07-28T10:23:08","slug":"chatham-hope-haven-to-offer-hepatitis-c-testing-and-treatment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/831176\/","title":{"rendered":"Chatham Hope Haven to offer Hepatitis C testing and treatment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A charity that offers short-term and safe refuge to those experiencing homelessness and precarious housing in Chatham-Kent will be providing Hepatitis C testing and awareness this week.<\/p>\n<p>Chatham Hope Haven said the Hepatitis C testing and information session will be held on Wednesday from 10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at its site at 183 Wellington Street West in Chatham.<\/p>\n<p>The session aims to prevent the spread of the Hepatitis C virus by providing education, treatment, and support. Supports include trauma-informed counselling, medical management of Hepatitis C, and accessing services in the community.<\/p>\n<p>Hepatitis C is transmitted primarily through blood-to-blood contact with an infected person.\u00a0Once someone is exposed to the Hepatitis C virus, primarily through blood, the virus can enter the bloodstream and cause an infection.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A charity that offers short-term and safe refuge to those experiencing homelessness and precarious housing in Chatham-Kent will&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":831177,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[49,48,84],"class_list":["post-831176","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-health","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-health"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/831176","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=831176"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/831176\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/831177"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=831176"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=831176"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=831176"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}