News and Updates

The White House commemorates World Hepatitis Day 2011 as an opportunity to focus on strengthening and synchronizing global prevention response to viral hepatitis. Click here to read the Presidential Proclamation.

Follow Team HBV as we spread hepatitis B awareness across the U.S. and around the world throughout April and May 2011. Track events at all of our high school and collegiate chapters and partnering organizations at http://hbaw.tumblr.com. Click here to view a promotional video.

HHS Draft Action Plan on Viral Hepatitis 2010: The US Department of Health and Human Services recently completed a draft action plan on viral hepatitis as a response to the 2010 IOM Report (below). Click here to read the draft action plan.

2010 Institute of Medicine Report on Hepatitis B and Liver Cancer: This report documents a national strategy for the prevention and control of hepatitis B and C. Click here to read the report and here for Dr. Samuel So's interview.

A Silent Killer: Dr. Samuel So recently spoke about the dangers of liver cancer and hepatitis B and their toll upon the Asian American and Pacific Islander communities on KQED's Perspective Series, Stanford's 1:2:1 Podcast series, PBS Newshour, NPR.

Celebrities join the Jade Ribbon Campaign: World renown celebrity chef, Martin Yan, is joining the Jade Ribbon Campaign and he wants you to join him. Click here to watch a brief video he filmed. Also see action movie star, Jackie Chan, show his support for the Jade Ribbon Campaign here.

At last a global reponse to viral hepatitis: A million people die from viral hepatitis every year, yet until now the public health response has been patchy and piecemeal, overwhelmed by the sheer scale of the problem. Jane Parry reports here.