FDA Approval Of First Potential Hep B Cure Comes Amid Heated Vaccine Debate

Body: FDA’s approval this week of the first functional cure for hepatitis B was celebrated by the Hepatitis B Foundation as a significant step forward in treatment of chronic hepatitis B (CHB). The approval comes as hepatitis B experts worry rates of the disease could rise after Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and other HHS officials endorsed moving away from the universal birth dose of the hep B vaccine. A modeling study published Tuesday (Oct. 20) found that moving away from the universal hep B vaccine would lead to significantly higher rates of chronic hepatitis B. Kennedy criticized the st

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