Expressing support for the designation of April 30, 2025, as "National Adult Hepatitis B Vaccination Awareness Day".
Sponsored By: Representative Johnson (GA)
Introduced
Summary
Increase adult hepatitis B vaccination and testing. This bill would support designating a National Adult Hepatitis B Vaccination Awareness Day and urge testing, vaccination, and linkage to care to lower new infections and prevent liver cancer.
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- Families and children: Emphasizes maintaining routine childhood hepatitis B vaccination that has protected infants since the 1990s.
- Adults: Encourages all adults 18 and older to be tested at least once and urges vaccination for adults 19 to 59 and older adults with risk factors; only about 30 percent of U.S. adults are vaccinated.
- Higher‑risk communities: Highlights disparities affecting Asian American, Pacific Islander, and African immigrant communities, sexual and gender minorities, and people affected by the opioid crisis; 36 percent of new cases are among people who inject drugs.
- Health consequences: Notes chronic hepatitis B has no cure and requires lifelong care, and that 1 in 4 with unmanaged chronic infection will develop liver cancer, cirrhosis, or liver failure; five‑year liver cancer survival is about 18 percent.
- Providers and public health: Calls for stronger provider and community awareness and for linking people diagnosed with hepatitis B to appropriate care.
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Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Johnson (GA)
GA • D
Cosponsors
Velazquez
NY • D
Sponsored 4/30/2025
Williams (GA)
GA • D
Sponsored 4/30/2025
Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large]
DC • D
Sponsored 4/30/2025
Tokuda
HI • D
Sponsored 4/30/2025
Sewell
AL • D
Sponsored 4/30/2025
Chu
CA • D
Sponsored 4/30/2025
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