Hepatitis A
Cases decrease in Southern California
Published in Medical Letter on the CDC and FDA, February 16th, 2003
The vaccine for the most common liver disease is voluntary in California. Most pediatricians and clinics, however, have included it in the list of childhood immunizations since the U.S. government made it widely available in recent years.
The biggest drop has been among Hispanic children, who had a rate of hepatitis so high that a UCLA medical school study of the prevaccine years of the early 1990s called it an epidemic.
In Los Angeles County, cases among Hispanics 14 and under have...
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