The Silent Killer — Chronic Hepatitis B Threatens the Health of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders.
About the ‘Silent Killer’ Series
The San Francisco Public Press examined recent efforts to step up diagnosis, vaccination and treatment for hepatitis B. Chronic hepatitis B affects an estimated 305,000 people in California, with the vast majority of cases affecting people in Asian American and Pacific Islander communities. Deep racial and cultural disparities in illness caused by the hepatitis B virus have persisted for decades. A cure is in trials, but those inequities, along with federal funding cuts, could hamper its rollout.
This reporting was supported with a California Health Equity…
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