On June 27, the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP), part of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), unanimously agreed that children and teenagers ages 2 to 18 years should be vaccinated against hepatitis A virus (HAV) if they did not receive the vaccine as inf...
On June 27, the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP), part of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), unanimously agreed that children and teenagers ages 2 to 18 years should be vaccinated against hepatitis A virus (HAV) if they did not receive the vaccine as inf...
The CDC recommends hepatitis C testing on the following schedules: Get screened at least once in your lifetime if you're 18 or older. Get screened during each pregnancy. Get tested at least once if you: Ever injected drugs or currently do. Get tested regularly if you inject drugs and shar...
The CDC recommends hepatitis C testing on the following schedules: Get screened at least once in your lifetime if you're 18 or older. Get screened during each pregnancy. Get tested at least once if you: Ever injected drugs or currently do. Get tested regularly if you inject drugs and shar...
Hepatitis C (HCV) is a virus that causes inflammation of the liver. It is a member of the family of viruses that includes hepatitis A and hepatitis B. These viruses behave differently and have different modes of transmission. Hepatitis C can cause serious liver damage, liver failure, liver ...
them up on their vaccination at a time when we know that they are more likely to seek medical care with the expectation that the vaccine will last long enough that when they get to their risk period that they will then be protected," said Nancy Messonnier, MD, of the CDC in Atlanta....
According to the press release from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, the FDA and the CDC is "investigating a multistate outbreak of hepatitis Ainfections in the United States." The FDA believes the "potentially contaminated strawberries" originated in northern Mexico and have a l...
Hepatitis C can spread through sexual intercourse, but it's rare. And it's extremely rare among monogamous couples. In fact, the CDC considers the risk of sexual transmission between monogamous couples so low that it doesn't even recommend using condoms. Also, there's no evidence that hepatit...