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Here’s a great article describing how, before the vaccine, Alaska Natives had some of the highest rates of liver cancer in the world, and the hepatitis B vaccine virtually eliminated the cancer. www.adn.com/alaska-news/...
Hepatitis vaccines credited as life-saving for Alaska children may be upended
Hepatitis B, once rampant in Indigenous villages, has been brought under control in the state, but a CDC advisory committee voted to drop the vaccine recommendation for newborns.
www.adn.com
December 6, 2025 at 4:34 AM
Here’s a great article describing how, before the vaccine, Alaska Natives had some of the highest rates of liver cancer in the world, and the hepatitis B vaccine virtually eliminated the cancer. www.adn.com/alaska-news/...