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PAHO Wants A Regional Response To Prevent, Treat Hepatitis
WASHINGTON –Hepatitis C alone kills more people in the United States on a yearly basis than HIV. And the first report of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) on viral hepatitis reveals the enormous scale of this silent epidemic in the Caribbean and Latin America, and advocates an organized response

TRAVELERS WARNING: CDC Warns Visitors to USVI to Get Hepatitis A and Typhoid Shots
ATLANTA – The Centers for Disease Control are warning all travelers to the U.S. Virgin Islands to be immunized for Hepatitis A and typhoid prior to visiting the territory due to dangers from contaminated food or water. “CDC recommends this vaccine because you can get Hepatitis A through contaminated food