Hepatitis B – No Significant Decrease In Hep B Despite Vaccination Testing of participants in 2 national surveys demonstrates no significant decrease in hepatitis B virus infection, despite the availability of hepatitis B vaccine. Source...
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Volume 90, 2008 – Issue 5 http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/02772240701806501
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This study investigated the association between vaccination with the Hepatitis B triple series vaccine prior to 2000 and developmental disability in children aged 1–9 years (n = 1824), proxied by parental report that their child receives early...
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Abstract BACKGROUND: Obesity among children and adolescents in the United States has tripled since 1980, and has become a major public health concern. AIMS: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the potential relationship between exposure to...
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In Maryland, a federal advisory panel has voted not to support the safety of a novel hepatitis B vaccine for adults aged 18 to 70 years according to Medscape.com’s Medical News. At a meeting on Thursday, the United States Food and Drug...
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About 10 percent of babies born to mothers with the hepatitis B e antigen (HBeAg) will become HB carriers, even with vaccination, a pediatrician said Saturday. Since the HB vaccine does not guarantee full protection against infection, it is...
Read more A total of 44 pupils became sick and was taken to the hospital after receiving the hepatitis B vaccine at school on Thursday in Huilai county, in Jieyang of Guangdong province, the Guangzhou Daily reported Friday. On Thursday morning, 84 pupils...
Read more Hepatitis B immunoglobulin (HBIG) is administered for the passive immunisation of all infants born to HBsAg-positive mothers within 12h of birth. Adverse effects of HBIG are very rare. In this study, we report a newborn (a female, 33 weeks’...
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The objective of this article is to identify common and atypical features of systemic lupus erythematosus diagnosed following hepatitis B vaccination. We analyzed retrospectively the medical records of 10 systemic lupus erythematosus patients...
Read more Human leukocyte antigen (HLA) phenotype DQ2 is considered the most important genetic marker for un-responsiveness to hepatitis B vaccine. Since celiac disease (CD) is also strongly associated with the same haplo-type it may be hypothesized that...
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A new research study published today in a leading scientific journal, NeuroToxicology, found that a Hepatitis B vaccine containing the mercury-based preservative thimerosal caused significant delays in the acquisition of critical survival...
Read more Universal newborn immunization with hepatitis B vaccine was recommended in 1991; however, safety findings are mixed. The Vaccine Safety Datalink Workgroup reported no association between hepatitis B vaccination at birth and febrile episodes or...
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