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  1. Anyone have unpleasantly strong side effects from their 3rd Hepatitis B shot (such as kind many people had for the last Shingles vax)? Planning ahead of mine next month.

    #Vaccines #HepB #HepatitisB

  2. From the Infectious Diseases Society of America, via LinkedIn.

    “How can ACIP justify removing a well established, successful and safe protection strategy that protects the most vulnerable infants when the proper measures to identify the infants most at risk are not in place?”

    IDSA liaison to ACIP, Flor Munoz, MD, FIDSA, questions the committee’s proposed decision to change the schedule for newborn hepatitis b vaccinations.

    Dr. Roselie Bright also commented in depth in a written document:

    regulations.gov/comment/CDC-20

    Original LinkedIn URL:

    linkedin.com/posts/idsociety_f

    #publichealth #vaccines #hepatitisb #hepb

  3. #RFKJr advisers weigh dropping #hepatitisB #vaccine recommendation for most #US #children.

    #ACIP has proposed only infants born to mothers who test positive for #hepB would be recommended to get the vaccine. For all other newborns, the decision when or if to vaccinate should be left to parents, in consultation with their #healthcare provider, it said.

    #Vaccines #PublicHealth #science #medicine #Trump #ConspiracyTheories #disinformation #law #policy #insurance #eugenics
    reuters.com/business/healthcar

  4. #Florida will eliminate all state #vaccine #mandates, including #school requirements for #hepatitisB, #chickenpox, #Hib, and pneumococcal shots, w others potentially rolled back through legislation. #Publichealth experts warn this will lower #vaccination rates, create pockets of unprotected children, and set the stage for outbreaks of #preventable #diseases. Resurgence of illnesses like #measles, #pertussis, #flu, hospitalizations, death. abcnews.go.com/Health/florida-

  5. The HBsAg/HBV DNA ratio’s potential for predicting disease progression

    Patients with chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection in the immune-tolerant phase may still experience hepatic inflammation and…
    #NewsBeep #News #Health #Antigen #AU #Australia #Chronic #dna #HBV #Hepatitis #HepatitisB #HepatitisBVirus #Hepatology #Inflammation #Liver #research #virus
    newsbeep.com/au/86663/

  6. R to @ECDC_EU: Effective prevention measures exist for both #hepatitisB and #hepatitisC including vaccination against #HBV and harm reduction measures for preventing transmission of blood-borne infections through injecting drug use.

    Read more about #HBV:
    vaccination-info.europa.eu/en/

    [2024-07-28 17:52 UTC]

  7. R to @ECDC_EU: Effective prevention measures exist for both #hepatitisB and #hepatitisC including vaccination against #HBV and harm reduction measures for preventing transmission of blood-borne infections through injecting drug use.

    Read more about #HBV:
    vaccination-info.europa.eu/en/

    [2024-07-28 17:52 UTC]

  8. R to @ECDC_EU: Approximately 3.6 million people in the EU/EEA are chronically infected with #hepatitisB virus (#HBV) and 1.8 with #hepatitisC virus (#HCV).

    Check latest data: ecdc.europa.eu/en/news-events/

    [2024-07-28 17:52 UTC]

  9. R to @ECDC_EU: Approximately 3.6 million people in the EU/EEA are chronically infected with #hepatitisB virus (#HBV) and 1.8 with #hepatitisC virus (#HCV).

    Check latest data: ecdc.europa.eu/en/news-events/

    [2024-07-28 17:52 UTC]

  10. R to @ECDC_EU: An urgent scaling-up of testing is needed to identify people with #hepatitisB and #hepatitisC early in the stages of infection, and to link them to care to reduce complications such as #cirrhosis and #liver cancer.

    [2024-04-25 17:54 UTC]

  11. These 3 Infections Can Now Be Detected With One Drop of Blood

    From the article - "Research presented at this year’s European Congress of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases in Denmark showed that a single drop of blood can now detect HIV, hepatitis B, and hepatitis C."

    #PSA #STI #STD #VenerealDisease #VD #SexualHealth #SafeSex #SaferSex #SexuallyTransmittedDiseases #HIV #AIDS
    #HIVAwareness #HepatitisB #HepatitisC

    Credit - HIV Plus Magazine

    URL for the article is below:
    hivplusmag.com/testing/these-3