All the news Showing 8 of 8 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 ... 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 ... 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 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 ... Additional dose of hepatitis B vaccine improves response in patients with HIV Michael Carter / 12 April 2011 Hepatitis B vaccination consisting of four doses produces a better response in HIV-positive patients than the standard three-dose vaccination schedule, French investigators report in the April 13th edition of the Journal of the ... Accelerated HBV vaccination schedule an option for HIV patients if CD4 cell count is high Michael Carter / 30 March 2011 An accelerated hepatitis B vaccination schedule could be an option for HIV-positive patients with a high CD4 cell count, Dutch research published in the April 1st edition of the Journal of Infectious ... ← First1Next → 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