What is the Hepatitis B vaccine?

• Birth (spread from an infected mother to her baby during birth)
• Sex with an infected partner
• Sharing needles, syringes, or other drug-injection equipment
• Sharing items such as razors or toothbrushes with an infected person
• Direct contact with the blood or open sores of an infected person
• Exposure to blood from needle sticks or other sharp instruments

"In 1981, the FDA approved a more sophisticated plasma-derived hepatitis B vaccine for human use. This “inactivated” type of vaccine involved the collection of blood from hepatitis B virus-infected (HBsAg-positive) donors. The pooled blood was subjected to multiple steps to inactive the viral particles that included formaldehyde and heat treatment (or “pasteurization”). Merck Pharmaceuticals manufactured thisplasma vaccine as "Heptavax", which was the first commercial hepatitis B virus vaccine. The use of this vaccine was discontinued in 1990 and it is no longer available in the U.S.

 

In 1986, research resulted in a second generation of genetically engineered (or DNA recombinant) hepatitis B vaccines. These new approved vaccines are synthetically prepared and do not contain blood products - it is impossible to get hepatitis B from the new recombinant vaccines that are currently approved in the United States."

Quoted From http://www.hepb.org/professionals/hepatitis_b_vaccine.htm

"Rates of acute Hepatitis B in the United States have declined by approximately 82% since 1990. At that time, routine Hepatitis B vaccination of children was implemented and has dramatically decreased the rates of the disease in the United States, particularly among children."

"Most newborns that become infected with Hepatitis B virus do not have symptoms, but they have a 90% chance of developing chronic Hepatitis B. This can eventually lead to serious health problems, including liver damage, liver cancer, and even death."

Quoted from http://www.cdc.gov/hepatitis/b/bfaq.htm

• http://www.cdc.gov/hepatitis/B/bFAQ.htm#overview
• http://www.vaccines.gov/diseases/hepatitis_b/
• http://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/vpd-vac/hepb/fs-parents.html

• In instances in which the birth mother has a Hepatitis B infection almost all cases of Hepatitis B can be prevented if the baby receives the necessary shots at the recommended times. The infant should receive a shot called Hepatitis B immune globulin (HBIG) and the first dose of Hepatitis B vaccine within 12 hours of birth.
• The complete vaccine series induces protective antibody levels in more than 95% of infants, children and young adults. Protection lasts at least 20 years and is possibly lifelong.
• In many countries, where 8–15% of children used to become chronically infected with the hepatitis B virus, vaccination has reduced the rate of chronic infection to less than 1% among immunized children.
• If contracted as an infant there is greater risk of the infection becoming chronic, 80–90% of infants infected during the first year of life develop chronic infections
• Hepatitis B vaccine is 95% effective in preventing infection and its chronic consequences
• If a birth mother unknowingly has the Hepatitis B infection routine infant vaccination can help prevent spread to the infant

• http://www.cdc.gov/hepatitis/B/bFAQ.htm#overview
• http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs204/en/
• http://journals.lww.com/pidj/pages/articleviewer.aspx?year=2008&issue=10000&article=00002&type=abstract

• According to the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) in 1996: The toxic threshold of aluminum in the bloodstream may be lower than 100 mcg per liter. The Hepatitis B vaccine currently contains 250 mcg of aluminum.
• Hepatitis B is not common in childhood in the U.S. and is not highly contagious in the same way that common childhood diseases like pertussis and chicken pox are contagious.
• In the United States, hepatitis B is primarily an adult disease, and risk is highly dependent on lifestyle. Risk factors include: multiple sex partners, drug abuse, an occupation involving frequent exposure to blood, or having a hepatitis-B infected mother. The disease is not spread by casual contact.
• According to federal government statistics, serious adverse reactions to the vaccine-including 48 deaths-are reported three times as frequently as cases of hepatitis B in children under the age of 14

• http://www.whale.to/vaccine/sears.html
• http://www.aapsonline.org/press/nrohvac.htm
• http://www.nvic.org/vaccines-and-diseases/Hepatitis-B.aspx

• http://www.askdrsears.com/topics/health-concerns/vaccines/hepatitis-b-vaccine-and-disease-do-newborns-need-vaccine-sexually-transmitted
• http://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/26/world/asia/china-investigates-vaccine-maker-after-infant-deaths.html?_r=0
• http://vactruth.com/2013/07/24/hepatitis-b-vaccine-deaths/
• http://www.aapsonline.org/testimony/hepbcom.htm
• http://beckymaher.wordpress.com/hpv-vaccine-research/

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