How to Use hepatitis B in a Sentence

hepatitis B

noun
  • Acute hepatitis B can last for up to six months.
    — Angelica Stabile, FOXNews.com, 18 Sep. 2025
  • How else could the hepatitis B trial have caused such a ruckus?
    — Uzma Rentia, STAT, 27 Apr. 2026
  • Can my baby take the hepatitis B shot?
    — Annika Kim Constantino, CNBC, 24 Sep. 2025
  • But some vaccines, such as for hepatitis B, require three shots.
    — Olivia Goldhill, Quartz, 14 Aug. 2020
  • The hepatitis B shot is given to infants as three-dose series.
    — Berkeley Lovelace Jr, NBC news, 17 Sep. 2025
  • The hepatitis B trial is only the tip of the iceberg.
    — Uzma Rentia, STAT, 27 Apr. 2026
  • An adult who contracts hepatitis B has a 95% chance of clearing the virus.
    — Jake Scott, Washington Post, 7 Jan. 2026
  • An adult who contracts hepatitis B has a 95% chance of clearing the virus.
    — Jake Scott, The Conversation, 6 Jan. 2026
  • An adult who contracts hepatitis B has a 95% chance of clearing the virus.
    — Jake Scott, The Conversation, 18 Dec. 2025
  • An adult who contracts hepatitis B has a 95% chance of clearing the virus.
    — Jake Scott, CNN Money, 19 Dec. 2025
  • The hepatitis B vaccine is a series of two or three shots depending on the brand.
    — Adeola Adeosun gabe Whisnant, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 Sep. 2025
  • The virus that causes hepatitis B can sow the seeds of liver cancer years later.
    — Melissa Healystaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 10 Apr. 2020
  • Babies are already given a birth dose of hepatitis B vaccine in this way.
    — Helen Branswell, STAT, 24 May 2023
  • Three doses of the hepatitis B vaccine.
    — Lily Altavena, Freep.com, 5 Sep. 2025
  • The panel also postponed a vote on whether all newborns should get the hepatitis B shot.
    — Erika Edwards, NBC news, 19 Sep. 2025
  • The idea is not to test whether the hepatitis B vaccine works against hepatitis B.
    — Gabrielle Emanuel, NPR, 22 Jan. 2026
  • As with polio and hepatitis B, there is no specific treatment for measles.
    — Ripley Cleghorn, Scientific American, 20 Mar. 2025
  • The panel also postponed a vote on whether all newborns should get the hepatitis B vaccine.
    — Jenna Sundel amanda Castro, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 Sep. 2025
  • The hepatitis B vaccine is required for all grades except when starting seventh grade.
    — Sacbee.com, 29 July 2025
  • The hepatitis B virus is transmitted through blood, semen or other body fluids.
    — Adrianna Rodriguez, USA Today, 18 Sep. 2025
  • The hepatitis B virus is transmitted through blood, semen or other body fluids.
    — Adrianna Rodriguez, USA Today, 19 Sep. 2025
  • The hepatitis B vaccine, which is also given to newborns, costs less than $20 per dose.
    — Alexander Tin, CBS News, 3 Aug. 2023
  • That other patient required a hepatitis B vaccine, which the doctor asked the nurse to order.
    — Vishal Khetpal, Slate Magazine, 25 July 2017
  • But hepatitis B did not explain all of the cases of hepatitis seen in patients who had a blood transfusion.
    — Gretchen Vogel, Science | AAAS, 5 Oct. 2020
  • The hepatitis B vaccine requires a second shot within two months and a third shot within 18 months of the first.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 30 Aug. 2021
  • Health professionals will be on hand to test for cholesterol levels, hepatitis B, and blood pressure.
    — Faye Reeder, star-telegram, 27 Sep. 2017
  • Saphier, like Means, has questioned whether every child needs to get the hepatitis B vaccine at birth.
    — Ali Swenson, Los Angeles Times, 30 Apr. 2026
  • Though many people will get better in a few weeks, some will get chronic hepatitis B, which can lead to issues like liver failure or cancer.
    — Julia Ries, SELF, 21 June 2023
  • The biggest surprise came when the panel decided to delay a vote on changes to the hepatitis B vaccine schedule.
    — Nathaniel Weixel, The Hill, 19 Sep. 2025
  • The technique has been used for years in vaccines against hepatitis B, pertussis (whooping cough) and other diseases.
    — Alexander Tin, CBS News, 1 Feb. 2022

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