{"article":{"id":175762,"heading":"Free Vaccinations against Heptatitis A & B at Sunset Junction","author":"E Gutierrez","created":"2006-08-25 14:12:44","modified":"2006-08-25 17:06:04","last_modified":"Sat, 26 Aug 2006 00:06:04","article":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body><p>Hep Team LA is a summer-long health program to educate gay and bisexual men at risk for hepatitis A and hepatitis B and urge them to get vaccinated against these two serious diseases. <br><br> Hep Team LA will be giving free vaccinations against hepatitis A and hepatitis B at the Sunset Junction Street Fair, August 26-27.  Hep Team LA's booth will be near Lucile and Sunset from 11 a.m. - 7 p.m. for both days. <br><br> Hepatitis A and hepatitis B are serious liver diseases for which men who have sex with men (MSM) are at high risk. Hepatitis B is 100 times more contagious than HIV. Condoms, while vital for protecting against HIV and other STDs, may not be protective against hepatitis A because it is transmitted through fecal-oral contact. Both hepatitis A and B can cause serious illness that may last for months and in some is fatal. Hepatitis B can also become chronic (lifelong), with increased risk of liver damage and liver cancer. Chronic carriers can continue to be infectious to others. Hepatitis C is not vaccine preventable. <br><br> More info at Hep Team LA, go to <a href='\"url\"'>www.hepteamla.org<\/a> <br>  <br> <\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","contact":"egutierrez.pr@gmail.com","link":"www.hepteamla.com","address":"","phone":"323-401-6332","parent_id":0,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","summary":"Summer vaccination program against hepatitis A and B offering free vaccinations at Sunset Junction Street Fair, August 26-27","numcomment":0,"fileurl":"\/uploads\/2006\/08\/hepteamla.jpeg","filesize":"154.9 kibibytes","article_url":"\/news\/2006\/08\/175762.php","image":{"original":"\/uploads\/2006\/08\/hepteamla.jpeg"}},"attachments":[],"comments":[]}