Ep 89 Hepatitis B: Hepatiti, Take 2

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Health & Fitness, Science

4.8 • 17.7K Ratings

🗓️ 25 January 2022

⏱️ 92 minutes

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This week, we’re dipping a toe back into the vast waters of hepatitis viruses, this time with a focus on hepatitis B. The hepatitis B virus, though second to be named, was first to be discovered, and effective vaccines and treatments have been available for decades. Yet the global prevalence of this virus remains staggering, with nearly 300 million people chronically infected and 1.5 million new infections annually. So what’s going on? In this episode, we weave our way through the complicated biology of this virus and its deadly potential, the strange history of its identification that shows that you don't have to be looking for something to find it, and the current status of this virus that underlines how safe, effective tools for disease prevention are only as good as our delivery infrastructure. We are also so excited to be joined by Dr. Su Wang, Medical Director for the Center for Asian Health & Viral Hepatitis Programs at the Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center and outgoing President of the World Hepatitis Alliance.

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0:42.3	My name is Siu Wang. I am a physician. I'm an MD and pH on the medical director
0:49.4	for the Center for Asian Health and Varrohapotitis Programs at the Cuperman Barnabas Medical Center
0:56.4	in New Jersey. And I'm also just coming off to your presidency for the World Hapotitis Alliance,
1:04.0	which is a nonprofit organization that represents patients living with viral hepatitis.
1:10.4	And our goal is to harness the power of people living with viral hepatitis to achieve
1:16.5	global elimination of viral hepatitis. I was diagnosed with hepatitis B and college.
1:22.5	In my first year of college, I went to donate blood, right, to do a good thing, donate blood,
1:29.1	and shortly after I got a big fat envelope sent to my dorm and it said,
1:37.1	don't be worried, you don't have HIV, but you do have hepatitis B.
1:41.2	And I was a pre-med student, but honestly, I didn't know anything about hep B.
1:46.5	I called my sister, confided in her about the new diagnosis. And she said,
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