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Doctor’s visits are already rushed. Adding extra steps means some children, especially those from low-income families, simply won’t get the vaccines they should.
In an unprecedented move, health officials cut the number of vaccines routinely recommended for children from 17 to 11.
Federal officials are questioning the safety of the vaccine series children receive. Here’s the story of how the childhood vaccine schedule came about.
The decision undoes a highly effective 34-year prevention strategy that has nearly eliminated early childhood hepatitis B infections in the U.S.
If a newborn is exposed to hepatitis B at birth, there’s a 90% chance they’ll develop a lifelong infection.
Before universal vaccination for hepatitis B began in 1991, 18,000 children contracted the virus by age 10 each year, and most of them developed chronic illness and liver damage. Vaccination reduced those infections by 95%.
Hepatitis B can lead to liver disease. But we can prevent and manage this viral infection. Here’s what we know about the latest health alert.
Many claims about the dangers of vaccines come from misrepresenting scientific research papers.
Hepatitis E is a global health problem with about 20 million cases occurring annually, three million symptomatic cases, and 60,000 deaths.
Machine learning can spot patterns in patient data and help detect hepatitis B earlier, which could save lives.
Millions of Americans wear jewelry that pierces the ear, nose, lips, tongue and genital areas. But adorning yourself with metal body art can be a health hazard.
Some cancers are actually caused by viruses that linger for long periods in the body, or cause physical damage that later turns cancerous.
HBV cases in Nigeria point to a potential liver disease crisis. Prevention and care efforts are needed.
Machine learning offers improved access to affordable testing and quality of care for those who are unaware of their hepatitis B status.
The genome of hepatitis D doesn’t resemble any known virus, making its origin a mystery. But by mining virus sequences from genetic datasets, a new study may have found the answer.
The 2020 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine goes to the discoverers of the hepatitis C virus. There’s an effective cure but homelessness and the opioid epidemic are driving a surge in infections.
HIV/AIDS receives more funding than hepatitis, which is responsible for more deaths.
About 19 million Nigerians have hepatitis but most of them don’t know it.
Proposals in NSW to force someone who spits at or bites a frontline worker to be tested for HIV and other blood-borne viruses are a real problem - for workers and the public.
Top contributors
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Director, WHO Collaborating Centre for Viral Hepatitis, The Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity
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Research Fellow/Lecturer (Adj) | AI/ML Research | Epidemiology & Population Health, Australian National University
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Clinical Associate Professor of Infectious Diseases, Stanford University
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Senior Lecturer, Gastroenterology & Hepatology Unit and Consultant Gastroenterologist & Hepatologist, University of Ibadan
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Professor of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan
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Associate Professor
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Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, University of Colorado Anschutz
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Research Fellow, Australian Research Centre in Sex, Health and Society, La Trobe University
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Professor and Director of the Centre for Social Research in Health, UNSW
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Professor of Global Biosecurity, NHMRC L3 Research Fellow, Head, Biosecurity Program, Kirby Institute, UNSW
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Affiliate Scientist, Toronto General Hospital Research Institute (TGHRI) and Emeritus Professor, University of Toronto
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Associate Professor and Head of the Surveillance and Evaluation Program for Public Health at the Kirby Institute, UNSW
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Senior Researcher and Pathologist in the Division of Medical Virology, Stellenbosch University
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Senior Lecturer, UNSW
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Ph.D. Candidate in Chemical Biology, Harvard University