Hepatitis

Advisory panel appointed by Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. voted Thursday to stop recommending that all newborns in the United States routinely receive a Hepatitis B vaccine, a major reversal of three decades of federal guidance that public health experts say could increase infections in infants and children. The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices voted 8-3 to shift to "individual-based decision-making" for the birth dose when mothers test negative for Hepatitis B, recommending that parents consult a…

Dr. Patrick Kuma Aboagye, the Director General of the Ghana Health Service, recently unveiled a staggering statistic: in 2022, hepatitis, a severe liver infection, claimed the lives of 15,000 individuals in Ghana. This grim figure breaks down to approximately 42 lives lost each day, with young adults bearing the brunt of this health crisis. “Many cases remain hidden,” Dr. Aboagye emphasized, pointing out that a considerable segment of the population doesn’t even realize their infection status, which complicates efforts to…