All the news Showing 10 of 12 articles from: HBV vaccinationGet an RSS feed of these articles Show All news infohep newsEditors' picks from other sources High prevalence of viral hepatitis among healthcare workers in Africa Keith Alcorn / 21 June 2021 Almost 7% of healthcare workers in Africa have hepatitis B and 5% have hepatitis C, according to a systematic review of published studies. Greater efforts to vaccinate against hepatitis B and improve ... New WHO guidance on preventing mother-to-child transmission of hepatitis B Keith Alcorn / 28 July 2020 Pregnant women who test positive for hepatitis B infection and have a high level of hepatitis B virus (HBV) in the blood should receive preventive antiviral therapy with tenofovir from the 28th week ... Trial Evaluating Experimental Hepatitis C Vaccine Concludes National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases / 03 June 2019 Survey shows more than 800,000 people in US have hepatitis B, half of them Asian Liz Highleyman / 23 February 2016 Although nearly 70 million people in the US have been vaccinated against hepatitis B virus (HBV), there are still 847,000 people with evidence of infection, about 400,000 of whom are Asian, according ... Anti-HBV antiretrovirals may help ward off HBV infection in MSM International AIDS Society / 24 April 2014 1% of US deaths related to viral hepatitis Michael Carter / 30 September 2013 Viral hepatitis was associated with approximately 1% of deaths in the US in 2010, research published in the online edition of Clinical Infectious Diseases demonstrates. The burden of mortality associated with hepatitis B virus ... Hepatitis B Vaccination Cuts Deaths From Liver Disease, Cancer: Study U.S. News & World Report / 04 September 2013 GIFSI Raises Alarm Over Hepatitis Risk Among Health Workers AllAfrica.com / 06 August 2013 Hepatitis B vaccine is effective for up to 15 years Liz Highleyman / 12 September 2012 Nearly all children who received three doses of hepatitis B vaccine achieved immunity, but about 20% fell below the protective antibody threshold by year 15, Canadian researchers reported on Monday at the ... Studies from US and Spain show that hepatitis vaccination programmes not reaching target populations Michael Carter / 23 January 2012 The majority of US adults at risk of hepatitis B remain unvaccinated against the potentially life-threatening infection of hepatitis, according to research published in advance of print in the online edition of ... ← First12Next → Other pages in this section Latest news All the news Hepatitis A Hepatitis B Hepatitis C Hepatitis D Hepatitis E Coronavirus NAFLD Treatment for hepatocellular carcinoma Transmission, epidemiology and prevention Transfusion and medical procedures Injecting drug use Mother to child Sexual transmission Non-medical blood transfer HBV vaccination Epidemiology Screening and testing policy Health services, policy and advocacy Social issues Conference news Email bulletin archive