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San Francisco Public Press & KSFP, Mel Baker
The Silent Killer — Chronic Hepatitis B Threatens the Health of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders.
29 minutes Posted Jul 11, 2025 at 9:22 pm.
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Chronic hepatitis B can lay dormant for years until the infection has caused life-threatening damage to the liver. We hear the stories of patients living with the disease, and about how a lack of resources and infection patterns put Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders at greater risk. Researchers are working on a cure as activists and medical professionals in the San Francisco Bay Area create a unique model of care for the disease that is being copied around the U.S.