Residents can save their liver, life with hepatitis shot

SAN DIEGO COUNTY – They kill 4,000 people in the world every day. The good news is that hepatitis A and B viruses can both be prevented by getting vaccinated. There is no vaccine for hepatitis C, but effective treatment is available.

However, many people with long-term Hepatitis B and C infections do not know that they are infected until they develop complications.

July 28 was World Hepatitis Day and County Health and Human Services Agency officials are urging the public to get immunized and tested to prevent the spread of these potentially deadly diseases.

“The number of hepatitis A and B cas...