University Daily Kansan, October 15, 1962
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Hepatitis B vaccine now available
By VICKY WILT Staff Reporter
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An effective vaccine against hepatitis B now is available in Lawrence and Kansas City area hospitals, physicians said recently.
Hepatitis, inflammation of the liver by a virus, is determined by a positive blood surface antigen in the blood, said Ann A. Duggar, at the Douglas County Health Center
"Type B (surface antigen) is found in most body secretions, mainly in blood. It is also known that it's present in semen." Allor said.
Hepatitis B, known as serum hepatitis, is the most severe of the three main types of the hepatitis virus, according to an article in the American Journal of Medicine, which was associated with cirrhosis of the liver and chronic hepatitis, the article said.
People in the high risk category have between 30 and 70 percent chance of contracting the virus, said Norton Greenberger, chairman of the department of internal medicine at the University of Kansas Medical Center.
Those in the general public have about a 4 percent risk.
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People in a high risk category should be vaccinated, he said. This group includes people working with blood donors, patients and patients on kidney hemodialysis.
"Also certain groups like dentists and homosexuals because the disease can be transmitted through body secretions." Greenberger said.
The vaccine became available within the past year, he said. In November 1981, the Food and Drug Administration started the vaccine, after seven years of testing.
"The use is limited and not recommended specifically for the general public," said Martin Wolfman, director of health services at Watkins Hospital. The agency's request that the general public is not at a risk except under certain circumstances."
Although the vaccine is available at Watkins, no one has been vaccinated; Watkins' staff have been vaccinated.
B because the vaccine is too expensive,
Allor said.
THE DOUGLAS County Health Center will not vaccinate against hepatitis
To vaccinate against it costs more than $100 per person.
The vaccine has proved to be effective with very few side effects, Greenberg said. Sorenessa in the area was a normal side effect, he said.
The article reported that in a one-year survey, approximately 6 percent of all patients and staff in the United States developed hepatitis B infection.
Since Jan. 1, 1982, six cases of hepatitis B were reported to the Douglas County Health Department, Allor said.
She said this did not necessarily represent all of the cases, because
Last year, two cases of hepatitis B were reported at Watkins Hospital, Wollman said. Since June of this year, there have been no reported cases.
STATISTICS FROM the Center for Disease Control in Atlanta, Ga., show that in the first 38 weeks of 1982 there were 15,296 reports of hepatitis B.
Hepatitis cannot be cured, Allor said. Treatment for the virus is a lot of bed rest.
"A person with hepatitis B can be a chronic carrier and carry the virus even though they are not ill." Ailor said.
the symptoms of hepatitis B could take as long as six months to appear in a person who has been in contact with someone infected with the virus, Allor said. The average incubation period for B is between 66 and 90 days, she said.
"The onset is usually slower (than with hepatitis A) with a loss of appetite, abdominal discomfort, nausea, vomiting, and have a mild temperature," she said.
Both types of hepatitis progress into jaundice, Allor said.
"Most people come through without any serious damage. If you have a high-risk group, like an alcohol whose blood test is positive, there will be some damage," she said.
Principal says training better
By BRET WALLACE
Colleges now are preparing teachers better than they were 10 years ago, an elementary school principal said recently.
"We are arriving at a point where there is so much to know and teach and learn," Gilbert said. "Teachers coming from colleges have been well prepared."
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Verlin Gilbert, principal of Deerfield Elementary School, 101 N. Lawrence Ave., said rapid technological changes in the past 10 years had caused elementary and secondary schools to demand more of teachers.
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Leilon Capps, associate dean for undergraduate studies for the School of Education, said an important aspect of the University of Kansas' new five-year program was an increased emphasis on liberal arts classes. Elementary education majors are required to have two minors.
One disadvantage of the program, James said, was that economic problems could cause students to opt for a four-year program.
"Theoretically it is a good idea, but practicality may show something worse."
DAN JAMES, principal of Central Junior High School, 1400 Massachusetts St., said schools were looking for teachers with a broader background and that would be an advantage when looking for jobs.
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The program, which KU instituted last year, should help prepare students by giving them more time to learn in the classroom, Gilbert said.
Although universities are informing teachers of technological findings, some recent graduates said they lacked training for classroom management.
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JAMES ROWLAND, a 1982 KU graduate now teaching at Tonganoxie High School, said KU's old program did a good job of teaching planning, curriculum and knowledge but material on classroom discipline.
Nita Sundaye, director of teacher education for the School of Education, said KU's new program had a three-class sequence geared toward classroom engagement. The first class deals with methods of achieving discipline.
"Discipline is the greatest problem I have faced this year. It took about two months to establish any level of discipline in the classroom." Rowland said.
STUDENTS WILL take the third class after a semester of student teaching so they can talk about what is new and uncovered while teaching, Sundahe said.
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