hepatitis B virus

Late Diagnosis Complicates Chronic Hepatitis B

Data from a nationwide database shed new light on the factors that contribute to delayed diagnosis of chronic ...

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

HCV Elimination Program So Successful, Country of Georgia Tackles HBV

Program could serve as a model for others to tackle these viral diseases.

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

Bepirovirsen Reduces HBV Proteins in Phase 2B Trial

Bepirovirsen appears most effective in reducing hepatitis B viral levels at a dose of 300 mg for 24 weeks, ...

MAY 19, 2023

Expert Picks From The Liver Meeting, Part 2

In this second installment of “Expert Picks” from The Liver Meeting 2022, Ashwani K. Singal, MD, MS, ...

APRIL 19, 2023

FDA Approves New 3-Antigen HepB Vaccine PreHevbrio

PreHevbrio is indicated for the prevention of infection caused by all known subtypes of HBV in adults 18 years of ...

DECEMBER 3, 2021

‘Tremendous Inroads’ for Neonatal HBV

Without postexposure immunoprophylaxis, roughly 40% of infants born to hepatitis B virus (HBV)-infected mothers in ...

OCTOBER 7, 2021

Study Sees Vast Undertreatment for Hep B

Nearly half of all treatment-eligible patients infected with chronic hepatitis B do not receive treatment for the ...

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

USPSTF to Recommend HBV Screening for Pregnant Women

A proposed recommendation calls for screening all pregnant women for HBV at the first visit.

FEBRUARY 9, 2019

Many Hepatitis Infections Go Undiagnosed in Cancer Patients

It might be a good idea for community cancer centers to start screening for hepatitis B and C, because an ...

FEBRUARY 6, 2019

Inside the AASLD’s New Hep B Recs

The American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD) recently revised its guidelines for the treatment ...

JUNE 1, 2017

Why Aren’t We More Successful Identifying and Treating Hepatitis B?

The personal, physiological and financial effects of chronic hepatitis make it one of health care’s great ...

MAY 30, 2017

Medical News From Around the Web

From impending MACRA to the end of hepatitis B and C, here are five stories you might have missed from news sites ...

APRIL 3, 2017

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