Winter 2001-2002 Volume 6 Number 4 (click to download pdf file) First-person account: How a rural hepatitis A outbreak brought home public health vulnerabilities As polemic continues over thimerosal, ACIP sets new policy in response to IOM report Hepatitis control notes Final thoughts from the HCR Fall 2001 Volume 6 Number 3 (click to download pdf file) ACIP approves new hepatitis B guidance: To include first U.S. recommendation birth dose Could hepatitis A or E viruses be agents of bioterrorism? HB vaccination in Europe:  Experts mull effects of new combo vaccines Hepatitis control notes Summer 2001 Volume 6 Number 2 (click to download pdf file) Report from Richmond: Highlights from The National Hepatitis Coordinators' Conference Spring 2001 Volume 6 Number 1 (click to download pdf file) Tattooing and HCV: Flying in the face of accumulated wisdom Hepatitis control notes Winter 2000-2001 Volume 5 Number 4 (click to download pdf file) Hepatitis C called "tipping point" in marriage of STD/HIV and viral hepatitis programs In Florida, a brave new world of hepatitis C surveillance and prevention Hepatitis control notes Fall 2000 Volume 5 Number 3 (click to download pdf file) SIGN of the times: Officials meet to assess global efforts against dangerous injections As rates plunge, response to hepatitis A vaccination recommendations varies among states Vaccine wars: House chairman assails ACIP ethics Top hepatitis control abstracts from IDSA 2000 Hepatitis control notes Summer 2000 Volume 5 Number 2 (click to download pdf file) As thirmerosal controversy recedes, vaccination effects linger HCV lookback program will net fewer infected people than expected Outbreak watch Follow-up on the firefighter fracas in Philly Hepatitis control notes Spring 2000 Volume 5 Number 1 (click to download pdf file) Special report from Atlanta: Highlights of the 10th International Symposium on Viral Hepatitis and Liver Disease Hepatitis control notes Winter 1999-2000 Volume 4 Number 4 (click to download pdf file) Hepatitis C control in prisons remains an elusive goal Firefighter fracas in Philly: hepatitis C meets city politics Vaccine wars: Under fire, Colorado and New Jersey back hepatitis B vaccination requirements Hepatitis control notes Fall 1999 Volume 4 Number 3 (click to download pdf file) U.S. hepatitis A rate drops: Did vaccination do it? Vaccine wars: House chairman seeks personnel records of federal immunization staffers Outbreak watch ACIP rules out a preference for thimerosal­free vaccines Top abstracts from the NIC Summer 1999 Volume 4 Number 2 Uproar over a little-known preservative, thimerosal, jostles U.S. hepatitis B vaccination policy Dr Gary C. Schatz, prominent in hepatitis B control is dead in Zanzibar car crash Note to our readers Spring 1999 Volume 4 Number 1 "Collaboration" is theme for 1999 National Hepatitis Coordinator Conference: Can three kingdoms join forces? Pioneer hepatitis A vaccination programs chart progress Spokane says its hepatitis A outbreak is over Congress holds first-ever hearing on hepatitis B vaccine safety Federal blood safety committee finalizes expansion of hepatitis C targeted lookback plan Hepatitis control notes Winter 1998-99 Volume 3 Number 4 Controversy heats up over hepatitis B vaccination policy ACIP approves expanded hepatitis A vaccination in highest-rate states Fall 1998 Volume 3 Number 3 Federal funding shortfall likely to slow new hepatitis vaccinations Federal committee recommends near-tripling of targeted hepatitis C lookback program Resolutions approved by the Advisory Committee on Blood Safety and Availability ACIP considers expansion of hepatitis A vaccination recommendation Draft objectives for viral hepatitis, Healthy People 2010 Hepatitis control notes Summer 1998 Volume 3 Number 2 Using an epidemiologic approach, El Paso takes aim at endemic hepatitis A France suspends adolescent hepatitis B vaccinations Hepatitis control notes Spring 1998 Volume 3 Number 1 Report from Austin: Special Coverage of the 1998 National Hepatitis Coordinator Conference Hepatitis Control Notes Winter 1997-1998 Volume 2 Number 4 Drug-linked HAV outbreaks tax health departments States face cuts in federal immunization operations grants Duration of viremia in hepatitis A is longer than previously thought Hepatitis C targeted lookback guidance issued National hepatitis summit meeting held in Washington Fall 1997 Volume 2 Number 3 Shalala approves "targeted lookback" for recipients of potentially HCV- contaminated blood Worsened IG shortage worries the states Frozen strawberry- associated outbreak extended to Maine Note to our readers Summer 1997 Volume 2 Number 2 CDC to re-assess hepatitis surveillance Prevention of perinatal HBV infection: progress and problems discussed at National Immunization Conference ACIP expands hepatitis B recommendation and VFC coverage to all children ages 0-18 Spring 1997 Volume 2 Number 1 HAV-Tainted Frozen Strawberries Top National News: Tale of the outbreak Winter 1996-1997 Volume 1 Number 4 Restaurant industry weighs vaccination for food handlers FDA approves Merck's Comvax ACIP wrestles with combination vaccines Hepatitis control notes Fall 1996 Volume 1 Number 3 Hepatitis A: special risk for Hispanic populations Note to our readers The challenge of delivering hepatitis vaccines to gay men Hepatitis abstracts from the ICAAC Summer 1996 Volume 1 Number 2 Report from Rome: Special coverage of the IX Triennial International Symposium on Viral Hepatitis and Liver Disease FDA approves Merck's hepatitis A vaccine Control of HBV in U.S.varies by risk group, sayexperts Hepatitis A control notes Note to our readers April 1996 Volume 1 Number 1 Update on ACIP hepatitis A recommendations Welcome to the Hepatitis Control Report Profile of the nation's largest HAV vaccination program HAV outbreak in Oregon The Vaccines For Children program is safe for now