Georgia has big racial and gender discrepancies in PrEP uptake, said Patrick Sullivan, who is an epidemiology professor at Emory University and leads AIDSVu and PrEPVu, which track HIV data and access ...

GSK is prioritizing development of its hepatitis B treatment bepirovirsen as the pharma ends work on another potential ...

Savage resident Edwin Tan spent his summer carrying a message across the triathlon finish line. Tan, 29, lives with chronic hepatitis B. He said there isn’t a lot of public ...

For patients with hepatitis B virus, alcohol is associated with dose-dependent increased risks for cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma.

The innate immune system is essential for controlling viral infection. Hepatitis B virus (HBV) persistently infects human hepatocytes and causes hepatocellular carcinoma. However, the innate immune ...

With several drugs in use that inhibit the hepatitis B virus polymerases (nucleos(t)ide analogues (or NUCs)), some argue that new direct-acting antiviral drugs, and new NUCs in particular ...

GSK has revealed updated results from its phase 2b trial of its antisense drug for hepatitis B virus (HBV) infections, which reveal a sharp decline in the proportion of patients with undetectable ...

Researchers explore the cellular and molecular adaptations associated with human secondary lymphoid tissue in adults during ...

A recent Nature Immunology study explores the cellular and molecular adaptations associated with human secondary lymphoid tissue in adults during viral infection. Lymphoid tissues play a vital ...

Sexually transmitted infections are rising at an alarming rate in Minnesota, including in rural areas. The state Department of Health this past week reported chlamydia cases were up 7 percent ...

We report 6 cases of group B streptococcal prosthetic joint infections seen in our institution and review 8 previously reported cases. These 14 patients (6 men and 8 women) had an average age of 69.

Feb. 6, 2025 — The research found that heavy drinkers with either diabetes, high blood pressure or a high waist circumference are as much as 2.4 times more likely to develop advanced liver ...