http://www.bloggernews.net/110491 High-quality English language analysis and editorial writing on the news. Sun, 08 Nov 2009 19:43:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 http://www.bloggernews.net/110491#comment-93892 greywhitie Wed, 26 Sep 2007 15:24:00 +0000 http://www.bloggernews.net/110491#comment-93892 i am wondering if the infant got hepatitis b from his/her mother. this is called vertical infection. if the virus was HPB, and the infant got it from his/her mother at birth, then the mother had it (obviously), and if the newborn had been given the first hepatitis b antibody shot within 12 hours of birth, the death could have been prevented. where was the baby born? in england? then english hospitals would have had the vaccine. the country is rich enough to afford it. this article leaves more questions than it answers. why use stem cells to prevent or treat hepatitis if a vaccine for hep b has been around since the early 1980s? this situation is not new, so it is not news. i am wondering if the infant got hepatitis b from his/her mother. this is called vertical infection. if the virus was HPB, and the infant got it from his/her mother at birth, then the mother had it (obviously), and if the newborn had been given the first hepatitis b antibody shot within 12 hours of birth, the death could have been prevented. where was the baby born? in england? then english hospitals would have had the vaccine. the country is rich enough to afford it. this article leaves more questions than it answers. why use stem cells to prevent or treat hepatitis if a vaccine for hep b has been around since the early 1980s? this situation is not new, so it is not news.

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