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...problem" in the U.S. and calls for greater funding for prevention and treatment, increased vaccination, and a public awareness campaign to curb the threat of hepatitis B and C. "It's long overdue," says Dr. Douglas Dieterich, a professor in the Division of Liver Diseases at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine. "This is really a huge step in the right direction for hepatitis...
...full-term babies born to infected mothers should receive a first dose of the hepatitis B vaccine before leaving the delivery room, as soon as they are stable and washed. It also recommends that states mandate the vaccine - which, while widely used, is still not required for children entering school or day care in Alabama, Montana and South Dakota - as a requirement for school attendance. (There is no vaccine yet for hepatitis...
...research is needed to create better drugs - while several new classes of drugs are already in advanced clinical development, doctors say they are not enough. Further research "has a very significant chance of really leading to some very exciting new therapeutics," says Dr. Jeffrey Glenn, director of Stanford University School of Medicine's Center for Hepatitis and Liver Tissue Engineering. "This is an area where money will be incredibly well spent...
...vending machine is currently the only one that stocks pre-paid Crimson Cash cards and also carries a number of school-related supplies. Calculators, tape, note pads, pens, USB drives, and earphones are among the items that can be purchased alongside the pre-paid cards...
...Sometimes they are summer school students who are young enough that they do not have credit cards yet,” Brainard said...