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Another Shot to Protect People With Diabetes: Add Hepatitis B Vaccination to the Checklist

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Diabetes Care

An Advisory Committee at the CDC now suggests that patients diagnosed with diabetes be vaccinated against the hepatitis B virus soon after the diagnosis is made. Click here [1] to download a PDF of the article.

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An Advisory Committee at the CDC now suggests that patients diagnosed with diabetes be vaccinated against the hepatitis B virus soon after the diagnosis is made.

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[1] http://www.viralhepatitisaction.org/sites/default/files/upload/pdf/Kirkman-2012-Another%20Shot%20to%20Protect%20People%20w%20DM%2C%20DiabCare.pdf