The best way to stop spreading inaccurate information about hepatitis B is to learn the facts, according to Dr. Robert Gish, Chief of the Division of Hepatology at California Pacific Medical Center
For Gish, it is important to educate the public about the disease because he has witnessed first-hand the effects of the disease in Asia […]

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What do your hepatitis B test results mean, and what do you do if you test positive?
Family nurse practitioner Jian Zhang will answer those questions in a free upcoming workshop, “Hepatitis B: Am I at Risk?,” on July 19 from 10 a.m. to noon at Excelsior Health Services located at 888 Paris Street. Free screenings […]

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Over 15 Bay Area Asian ethnic media outlets are collaborating with the S.F. Hep B Free campaign in an unprecedented and united effort to educate the San Francisco public and community about hepatitis B.
Starting this month, these publications will run advertisements promoting awareness of the disease and the need to be tested and vaccinated for […]

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When Tran Huyen Tieu, 28, found out her father had liver cancer last year, it was one of the scariest moments of her life.
Though he was diagnosed with chronic hepatitis B eight years ago and had regular checkups, his blood tests were always normal. No one suspected he had liver cancer until a minor accident […]

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For the third year in a row, the Asian Heritage Street Celebration, the largest gathering of Asians in America and the climax to Asian Pacific Heritage Month in San Francisco, featured free on-site hepatitis B screenings and education to celebration-goers.
Volunteers in bright T-shirts fanned out among the crowd, balloons led the way to the screening […]

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What started out as a handful of students armed with handmade jade ribbons, signs, and an idealistic desire to save the world from hepatitis B (HBV) has in two years grown into an established and well-respected student organization on the UC Berkeley campus.
Team HBV, a collaborating partner of the S.F. Hep B Free campaign, was […]

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The Chinese Hospital and Chinese Community Health Plan announced on May 23 that they have teamed up with the S.F. Hep B Free’s citywide campaign to make San Francisco the first hepatitis B free city in the nation.
The Chinese Hospital, Chinese Community Health Plan, Excelsior Health Services and Sunset Health Services will work together to […]

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Providing expert analysis on the pros and cons of Assembly Bill 158 to the S.F. Hep B Free campaign is Dr. Ron Tom.
Tom, a lobbyist and practicing pharmacist for 16 years, said as he enters his semi-retirement stage, he wants to utilize his 30 years of policy experience in the legislature on nonprofit pro bono […]

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With May underway as National Hepatitis B Awareness Month, the S.F. Hep B Free campaign has been collaborating with the San Francisco Giants and the Asian Heritage Street Celebration to raise public consciousness of the disease.

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Approximately 500 people attended a free bilingual hepatitis B panel discussion and lunch sponsored by California Pacific Medical Center (CPMC) and held in conjunction with the “San Francisco Hep B Free” ampaign on May 4 at the Imperial Palace in Chinatown.

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Lace those running shoes and come out for the third annual LIVERight, a 5k run/ walk to raise awareness about hepatitis B and liver cancer.
Hosted by the Asian Liver Center at Stanford University and Answer to Cancer, the event will take place on May 10 at Speedway Meadow in Golden Gate Park. Registration begins at […]

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Asian & Pacific Islander Wellness Center and the University of California, San Francisco, will be providing free hepatitis B screenings and vaccinations to the public at their second annual Love Your Liver Health Fair on Saturday, April 26.

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