Hepatitis B - VEC Vaccine Notes | Vaccine Education Center at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia

Charlotte Moser, Co-Director of the Vaccine Education Center at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, talks about hepatitis B and the vaccines that protect against it. She addresses common questions and discusses the relative risks and benefits of the disease and vaccines. Find out: Why hepatitis B is called the “silent epidemic” How many people die annually from hepatitis B Two factors at the heart of spread of this virus Ways people have been exposed to hepatitis B that are not commonly considered Why targeting high-risk groups didn’t work to stop this virus What makes hepatitis B more infectious than HIV What percent of people don’t know they have a chronic hepatitis B infection The history of the two vaccine platforms used to make hepatitis B vaccine Whether an extra dose of hepatitis B vaccine is harmful What is recommended when people do not respond to the vaccine Why current antiviral medications are only so effective against this infection To learn more about hepatitis B and the vaccines that prevent these infections, please visit https://bit.ly/vec-hepb. Questions? Submit the VEC Vaccine Notes form, https://bit.ly/contact-vec-vaccine-notes. For other vaccines, diseases or general questions about vaccines, check out https://vaccine.chop.edu. Subscribe to our Parents PACK newsletter, https://bit.ly/3KfLUoO.