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Health News Center offers Hepatitis B vaccine The Hepatitis B virus can be transmitted through sexual conduct and the use of needles By Kari Thorene Higher Education Reporter “The Hepatitis B virus is 10 times more common and 10 times more transmittable than HIV,” said Gerald Fleischli, di rector of the University Student Health Center. Hepatitis B can cause of a range of liver problems, includ ing liver failure and liver cancer. According to the Centers for Dis ease Control and Prevention, be tween 140,000 and 320,000 per sons are infected annually in the United States; between 70,000 and 160,000 develop symptoms of the infection. Hepatitis B is directly respon sible for 140 to 320 deaths per year and contributes to 5,000 and 6,000 deaths from chronic liver disease per year, according to the CDC. “The tragedy is it is complete ly preventable,” Fleischli said. While a vaccine for the virus has been available since 1982, many University students haven’t been immunized, Fleis chli said. “Hepatitis B is transmitted just like HIV — through sexual con tact and IV [intravenous] drug use,” Fleischli said. Symptoms for Hepatitis B in fection include jaundice, fatigue, abdominal pain, loss of appetite, intermittent nausea and vomit ing. The CDC recommends that everyone get immunized, Fleis chli said, because the organiza tion found that only targeting high-risk groups didn’t signifi cantly affect incidence of infec tion. The CDC recommends that all babies get their first shot while still in the hospital. For the immunization, a per son needs three shots in a se quence that lasts for months, Fleischli said. Students who haven’t been immunized can get the shots at the health center, Fleischli said. And if they are under 18 years-old, students can get vac cinated for a greatly reduced cost. "The federal government has given a grant to the state under the Vaccines for Children pro gram,” Fleischli said. “Under that, Hepatitis B immunization is free, except maybe for an admin istrative charge.” For students who qualify for free immunization under the pro gram, the health center adminis trative charge is $6 a shot. The cost for those who don’t qualify is $40 per shot. The federal government does not subsidize any shots after a student’s 19th birthday, so if the Hepatitis B ■ WHAT: The Hepatitis B virus, which can cause chronic liver disease and primary liver cancer ■ AT RISK: Primarily sexually active people and intravenous drug users; also infants born to infected mothers, health care workers, Hemodialysis patients ■ TRANSMISSION: Hepatitis B is blood borne like the HIV virus. It can be transmitted through sex ual contact, shared needles for intravenous drug users and peri natally (from mother to new born) ■ PREVENTION: Three-shot vac cination over a period of months SOURCE: The Centers for Dis ease Control and Prevention He patitis B fact sheet student turns 19 during the im munization sequence (for exam ple, the birthday comes between the second and third shot), the student has to pay the full $40 for the next shot. However, the health center has received state funds to sub sidize students until age 20, Fleischli said. Therefore, stu dents can get Hepatitis B immu nization for $6 a shot at the health center right up to their 20th birthday. 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