Shots can help people at risk for hepatitis
(WorldNews Business)

Did you know viral hepatitis, an inflammation of the liver, causes more than 1 million deaths per year worldwide? That’s about the same number of deaths caused by tuberculosis and HIV combined. Fortunately, Medicare can help protect you from hepatitis B and hepatitis C, the most common types of viral hepatitis in the United States. Hepatitis is contagious. The hepatitis B virus, for example, spreads through contact with the blood or other body fluids of an infected person. People also can get infected by coming in contact with a contaminated object, where the virus can live for up to seven days. Hepatitis B...