How to Use hepatitis B in a Sentence

hepatitis B

noun
  • And the hepatitis B vaccine is given in up to four shots.
    NBC News, 22 July 2021
  • The vaccine for hepatitis B took 12 years, while HPV took 15.
    Annalisa Merelli, Quartz, 15 Dec. 2020
  • Birth: Within the first 12 hours of life all babies should get their first dose of hepatitis B vaccine.
    Sandee Lamotte and Naomi Thomas, CNN, 15 Sep. 2020
  • The virus that causes hepatitis B can sow the seeds of liver cancer years later.
    Melissa Healystaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 10 Apr. 2020
  • The hepatitis B vaccine requires a second shot within two months and a third shot within 18 months of the first.
    BostonGlobe.com, 30 Aug. 2021
  • The man in his 60s had a history of hepatitis B and diabetes, the CDC said in a statement on its website.
    Karen Leigh, Bloomberg.com, 10 May 2020
  • But some vaccines, such as for hepatitis B, require three shots.
    Olivia Goldhill, Quartz, 14 Aug. 2020
  • The hepatitis B vaccine, which is also given to newborns, costs less than $20 per dose.
    Alexander Tin, CBS News, 3 Aug. 2023
  • There was an outbreak of hepatitis B in British haemophiliacs in the 1970s, soon after US blood products were first used.
    The Week Uk, theweek, 10 Feb. 2024
  • Part of the puzzle was solved in 1967, when the physician-scientist Baruch Blumberg pinpointed the virus hepatitis B as a cause.
    Quanta Magazine, 5 Oct. 2020
  • Babies are already given a birth dose of hepatitis B vaccine in this way.
    Helen Branswell, STAT, 24 May 2023
  • That other patient required a hepatitis B vaccine, which the doctor asked the nurse to order.
    Vishal Khetpal, Slate Magazine, 25 July 2017
  • For example, the measles vaccine is designed to protect against the measles, the flu vaccine against the flu, and the hepatitis B vaccine against hepatitis B.
    Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes, 12 Apr. 2021
  • Rather, the list included tetanus, hepatitis B, chickenpox and the measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) shot, among others.
    Natalie Kainz, NBC News, 18 Jan. 2024
  • Taiwan said that a 61-year-old man who had a history of diabetes and hepatitis B had died of the coronavirus.
    New York Times, 6 Mar. 2020
  • The term has been used for other vaccine series that require multiple shots, such as those for measles, hepatitis B, and HPV.
    Rachel Gutman, The Atlantic, 24 Sep. 2021
  • But hepatitis B did not explain all of the cases of hepatitis seen in patients who had a blood transfusion.
    Gretchen Vogel, Science | AAAS, 5 Oct. 2020
  • The protein-subunit approach used by Novavax was first implemented for the hepatitis B vaccine, which has been used in the U.S. since 1986.
    Hilda Bastian, The Atlantic, 24 June 2021
  • Novavax is based on a 30-year-old technology used to make vaccines for flu, hepatitis B and whooping cough.
    Gale Holland, Los Angeles Times, 3 Aug. 2022
  • Rates of hepatitis B and this liver cancer have been high in the Asia-Pacific region, especially among men -- as the study found.
    Kristen Rogers, CNN, 13 July 2021
  • This type of technology has been used to produce other vaccines like the hepatitis B and HPV vaccines.
    Michael Menna, Verywell Health, 19 Oct. 2023
  • They were earlier asked to absorb the cost of giving babies a dose of hepatitis B vaccine at birth, but at $26 a dose, that was a far less onerous addition to their care.
    Helen Branswell, STAT, 6 Oct. 2023
  • The viruses that cause the common cold and hepatitis B and C are among those associated with myocarditis.
    Randy Johnson, Star Tribune, 12 Aug. 2020
  • Having a hepatitis B or C infection can also be a trigger, as can blood cancers such as leukemia and lymphoma.
    Sandee Lamotte, CNN, 8 Aug. 2022
  • Though many people will get better in a few weeks, some will get chronic hepatitis B, which can lead to issues like liver failure or cancer.
    Julia Ries, SELF, 21 June 2023
  • One of the men had a strain of the virus that causes hepatitis B; another suffered from yaws, a syphilis-like bacterial infection of the skin, bones and cartilage.
    Alex Fox, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 May 2020
  • The technique has been used for years in vaccines against hepatitis B, pertussis (whooping cough) and other diseases.
    Alexander Tin, CBS News, 1 Feb. 2022
  • Health professionals will be on hand to test for cholesterol levels, hepatitis B, and blood pressure.
    Faye Reeder, star-telegram, 27 Sep. 2017
  • Advertisement At the time, rates of hepatitis B were higher among gay men, so the Castro became a hub for volunteers and clinical tests.
    Lz Granderson, Los Angeles Times, 6 June 2024
  • The World Health Organization recommends that all newborns receive a dose of the hepatitis B vaccine within 24 hours of birth.
    Danjuma Adda, STAT, 16 June 2024

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