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Global Hepatitis B Milestone Reached as Childhood Infections Drop Below 1%, But Pandemic Threatens Progress
The proportion of children under five years of age chronically infected with the hepatitis B virus (HBV) has dropped to just under 1% in 2019, a dramatic decline from around 5% during the pre-vaccine era spanning from the 1980s to the early 2000s, according to landmark new estimates released by the World Health Organization (WHO).…
