Charlotte Moser, Co-Director of the Vaccine Education Center at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, talks about hepatitis B and the vaccines that protect against it. She addresses common questions and discusses the relative risks and benefits of the disease and vaccines. Find out: - Why hepatitis B is called the “silent epidemic” - How many people die annually from hepatitis B - Two factors at the heart of spread of this virus - Ways people have been exposed to hepatitis B that are not commonly considered - Why targeting high-risk groups didn’t work to stop this virus - What makes hepatitis B more infectious than HIV - What percent of people don’t know they have a chronic hepatitis B infection - The history of the two vaccine platforms used to make hepatitis B vaccine - Whether an extra dose of hepatitis B vaccine is harmful - What is recommended when people do not respond to the vaccine - Why current antiviral medications are only so effective against this infection   To learn more about diphtheria, tetanus and pertussis and the vaccines that prevent these infections, please visit https://bit.ly/vec-hepb. Questions? Submit the VEC Vaccine Notes form, https://bit.ly/contact-vec-vaccine-notes. For other vaccines, diseases or general questions about vaccines, check out https://vaccine.chop.edu. Subscribe to our Parents PACK newsletter, https://bit.ly/3KfLUoO.