美国联邦政府提醒国家的医学院校别根据B肝炎不正确的认识

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华盛顿 - 美国联邦政府已提醒国家的医学院校和其他与健康相关的学校，他们的招生决定，可以根据B型肝炎病毒的不正确的认识，导致歧视。

政府说，从疾病控制和预防中心的最新建议，消除与乙肝相关的许多神话，并提供指导与健康有关的学校管理学生与病毒。

在信中，政府说没有出现过乙肝传播的报道在美国或其他发达国家的医疗或牙科学生从患者自上次更新的建议于1991年。

司法部民权部门强烈呼吁健康相关的学校检讨CDC的建议，并确保其政策和做法符合联邦非歧视法律。
WASHINGTON — The federal government has cautioned the nation's medical schools and other health-related schools that their enrollment decisions may be based on an incorrect understanding of the hepatitis B virus, resulting in discrimination.
              The government says updated recommendations from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention dispel many myths associated with hepatitis B and provide guidance to health-related schools on managing students with the virus.
              In a letter, the government says there have been no reports of hepatitis B transmission in the U.S. or other developed countries from medical or dental students to patients since the last update of the recommendations in 1991.
              The Justice Department's civil rights division strongly urged health-related schools to review the CDC's recommendations and to ensure that their policies and practices comply with federal nondiscrimination laws.