Asian and Pacific Islanders are at far greater risk of contracting hepatitis B than other clusters The good news is, there is a vaccine. The bad stranges finds Dr. Wes Young, is that not enough the community know about it.
It's the fantasy of each AIDS researcher: the creation of a vaccine that can thwart lingering, fatal illness. While a vaccine for AIDS may be years, or decades away at best, a safe, effective vaccine against another killer disease -- hepatitis B -- has been available since 1982 For Asians and Pacific Islanders, who are vastly more likely to