December 21, 2017 – The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force posted today a final research plan on screening for hepatitis C virus infection in adolescents and adults. The draft research plan for this topic was posted for public comment from September 21 to October 18, 2017. The Task Force reviewed all of the comments that were submitted and took them into consideration as it finalized the research plan. To view the final research plan, please go to /uspstf/recommendation/hepatitis-c-screening.