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Pennsylvania Designates May 2009 as Hepatitis Awareness Month
May 1 - State representative Mario Scavello sponsored HR 192 resolution to designate May 2009 as "Hepatitis Awareness Month" which passed unanimously in the House. Read complete House Resolution 192.

Possible Cure for Hepatitis B
May 1 - Researchers in Singapore are developing a treatment which could eventually lead to a cure for chronic hepatitis B. Read Full Article.

Combined Maternal Treatment and Infant Vaccination Effective in Reducing Mother-to-Child HBV Transmission
May 1 – Danish researchers showed a novel combination strategy — vaccination of infants born to HBV-infected women plus prenatal treatment of the women — might reduce the perinatal vaccine failure rate from 39% to 18%. Read Full Article.

HBF Happenings

HBF Sponsors First Friday Doylestown on May 1 in recognition of May as National Hepatitis Awareness Month
For the fourth consecutive year, the Hepatitis B Foundation is sponsoring May's First Friday Doylestown in support of May as National Hepatitis Awareness Month. This free community event features the HBF mascot O’Liver, free literature, local bands and NBC 10 Meteorologist Michelle Grossman. Read Press Release.

HBF Sponsors Congressional Briefing May 19 on World Hepatitis Day
Congressmen Mike Honda (CA-D) and Charles Dent (PA-R) will host the HBF’s Congressional Briefing to focus national attention on the 6 million Americans who suffer from chronic HBV and HCV, which cause fatal liver cancer. Leaders from CDC, NCI and Weill-Cornell Medical School will provide expert testimony. Read Press Release.

HBF Chairman Joel Rosen and HBF President Dr. Timothy Block present award to Dr. Brian McMahon

HBF President Dr. Timothy Block Elected AAAS Fellow
HBF president Dr. Timothy Block was inducted as an AAAS Fellow and joins an elite rank of scientists who are elected by the American Association for the Advancement of Science(AAAS) for discoveries that include innovative therapeutic strategies for HBV.
Read Full Article.

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