“It has been frustrating to watch rates of infection rise when we know that there is a safe and effective vaccine that can prevent hepatitis B and liver cancer,” Michaela Jackson, MS, MPH, prevention policy manager at the Hepatitis B Foundation, said in a press release. “This...
Centers for Disease Control & Prevention Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices issued updated guidelines for vaccination against the disease of hepatitis B virus. The agency has supplemented the new guidelines with...
Screening for HBV in high-risk persons is crucial to stem the virus, the guidelines advise. Pregnant women and infants born to HBV-infected mothers are among those who require screening. “Many of the risk factors for hepatitis B also portend non-adherence,’’ Ende said, citing injection dr...
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ACP and CDC advised that all unvaccinated adults, including pregnant women, exposed to the virus via sexual, percutaneous or mucosal contact be administered the HBV vaccine. In addition, physicians should also vaccinate health care and public safety workers who ...
during sex and from mother to child during pregnancy or delivery. But many people with hepatitis B have no obvious risk factors and do not know how they acquired the virus. Vaccination can prevent hepatitis B, and the vaccineis now recommendedfor all infants, children and adults up to age ...
highlighting the need for oncologists to partner with primary care providers to obtain an up-to-date vaccine history as part of the standard oncologic evaluation and to address intervention for vaccine-preventable diseases. The efficacy of vaccines against infection in patients with cancer correlates ...
Hepatitis B is a well-documented occupational hazard for health care workers, including both laboratory and nursing personnel. Since the development of effective hepatitis B vaccines, the Immunization Practices Advisory Committee (ACIP) has recommended that health care workers receive the vaccine. In thi...
The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and other federal government agencies have issued several guidelines and recommendations about the prevention, screening, diagnosis, treatment, and management of HIV infection. The CDC references the most current Dep
Dr. Robert Redfield, the former director of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said Thursday that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) pushed a false “safe and effective” COVID vaccine narrative by underreporting adverse events. The mRNA shots “never should have been ...