OpenAI Foundation commits $100 million to close hepatitis C treatment gap

The OpenAI Foundation announced a $100 million commitment to the Common Health Coalition for Breakthroughs to Follow-Through, a program that aims to at least double hepatitis C cure rates starting in Alabama, Illinois, Louisiana and Massachusetts. The Foundation says a highly effective cure has been available for more than a decade and that about two-thirds of Americans with the disease remain untreated; CDC’s 2013–2022 laboratory cascade found clearance evidence in about one-third of people with confirmed infection. Foundation officials told Nextgov the grants are not tied to one AI platform. Michigan is not in the first wave.

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• CDC · center · factuality: very-high
  Hepatitis C virus clearance cascade — United States, 2013–2022
• Common Health Coalition · center · factuality: high
  Breakthroughs to Follow-Through
• Nextgov/FCW · center · factuality: high
  OpenAI Foundation gives $100 million fund state AI implementation for public health
• OpenAI Foundation · center · factuality: high
  AI for Civil Society and Philanthropy