20 Years of Impact: Voice’s Hepatitis A Coverage Spurred Dramatic Action

20 Years of Impact: Voice’s Hepatitis A Coverage Spurred Dramatic Action

It was late summer 2017 and San Diego’s homelessness crisis had entered a deadly new chapter.  Months earlier, the county had declared a hepatitis A outbreak, warning that homeless people and illicit drug users were most at risk. The number of cases and deaths rose in the months that followed, and the city and county didn’t seem to be aggressively fighting back. Unsheltered residents with limited options to protect themselves were scared – and I…