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...unprotected sex, blood transfusions, sharing of needles or contaminated tattoo or acupuncture instruments. Hepatitis C spreads only through infected blood. Patients with hepatitis B typically fight off the virus on their own, after which they retain lifelong immunity to the disease; however, about 6% to 10% of adults and children over five who are infected go on to develop chronic disease. (The numbers are much higher for younger children and infants who contract the virus.) Hepatitis C is more often a chronic infection, with a minority of patients experiencing acute disease. Both diseases disproportionately affect African Americans and Asian Americans...
...that all 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...
Haitian soil, already barren from decades of extensive deforestation, is now cracked with the bodies of her children. However, there is a Haitian saying that goes, “Ayiti di: ‘Mwen pran move kou! Men, pa pè, m ap toujou la.’ ” This translates to, “Haiti says: ‘I’ve taken bad hits! But, don’t be afraid, I will always be here.’” This saying reminds Haitians, the Haitian diaspora, and friends of Haiti...
Palfrey tells about the experience on the Children's Hospital of Boston's blog. She writes that passing the flame was “‘like’ no other experience I have ever had nor probably will have.” She was chosen as one of 20 Americans to carry the flame to highlight community action and living positively. Palfrey directs the Children's Hospital and, according to her Adams House bio, she has a "special interest in programs for children with disabilities...
...President of American Academy of Pediatrics, she writes in the blog that the AAP is currently receiving daily donations from the global community to help pediatricians in Haiti and the Dominican Republic in the aftermath of the earthquake. “The work…for the children of Haiti is the embodiment of the love, courage and commitment that the Olympic torch is meant to symbolize...