{"id":10689,"date":"2023-06-22T17:29:33","date_gmt":"2023-06-22T22:29:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.voicesforvaccines.org\/?post_type=jtf_topics&p=10689"},"modified":"2024-08-04T17:34:28","modified_gmt":"2024-08-04T22:34:28","slug":"why-do-newborns-get-a-hep-b-vaccine","status":"publish","type":"jtf_topics","link":"https:\/\/www.voicesforvaccines.org\/es\/jtf_topics\/why-do-newborns-get-a-hep-b-vaccine\/","title":{"rendered":"Why do newborns get a Hep B vaccine?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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An\u00a0American cardiologist<\/a> has taken to Twitter to claim that Hepatitis vaccines are not necessary or safe for newborns, pointing to a claim that Hep B vaccines have only 5 days of safety monitoring.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_custom_heading text=”The Facts:” font_container=”tag:h3|text_align:left” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_column_text css=””]This claim relies on\u00a0package\u00a0insert data<\/a>, as opposed to actual clinical trial information. Vaccine inserts are legal documents and not medical or research documents. Looking at the actual\u00a0clinical trial<\/a>\u00a0information for the Hep B vaccine shows that the \u201cfive days\u201d were specifically for injection site non-serious adverse events (NSAEs). Researchers watched for serious events for the length of the study (5 months for that particular study), 14 days for systemic\u00a0NSAEs (i.e., fevers), and five only days for the injection site NSAEs.<\/p>\n

Hep B infection can lead to chronic Hep B. Chronic Hep B can last a lifetime and lead to serious illnesses such as cirrhosis and liver cancer. The younger you are when you get hepatitis B, the more likely it will become chronic. There is no cure for hepatitis B, but vaccines can prevent it.<\/p>\n

The widespread implementation of Hep B vaccination programs, including the birth dose, has led to significant\u00a0reductions<\/a>\u00a0in Hep B worldwide. By immunizing newborns, the goal is to achieve a high vaccination coverage rate and create a population with decreased Hep B\u00a0transmission, ultimately reducing the burden of related diseases.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Newborns receive the Hep B vaccine to prevent chronic Hepatitis B infection, which can lead to serious liver diseases, with safety monitoring extending beyond the initial five days.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"parent":0,"template":"","jtf_topic_subjects":[208,211,218],"class_list":["post-10689","jtf_topics","type-jtf_topics","status-publish","hentry","jtf_topic_subjects-cardiac-risks","jtf_topic_subjects-hepatitis-b","jtf_topic_subjects-vaccine-safety","entry","no-media"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.voicesforvaccines.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/jtf_topics\/10689","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.voicesforvaccines.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/jtf_topics"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.voicesforvaccines.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/jtf_topics"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.voicesforvaccines.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/jtf_topics\/10689\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10692,"href":"https:\/\/www.voicesforvaccines.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/jtf_topics\/10689\/revisions\/10692"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.voicesforvaccines.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10689"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"jtf_topic_subjects","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.voicesforvaccines.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/jtf_topic_subjects?post=10689"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}