Hepatitis B is a liver infection that inflames the organ and impacts its ability to function. It can be either acute (short-term) or chronic (long-term), and is estimated to impact between 880,000 ...

A silent infection is fuelling a rise in liver cancer deaths around the country, prompting the federal Health Department to consider universal hepatitis B testing for people aged over 25.

Florida Department of Health in Brevard County is notifying patients of Lily J. Voepel, MD, Interventional Pain Management about potential unsafe infection control practices. Patients are advised ...

The management of chronic hepatitis B (CHB) during pregnancy remains a challenge and involves various aspects of maternal-fetal care. Despite the standard immunoprophylaxis, a significant portion ...

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 ...

Enhanced HBV Vaccination Strategies Beneficial in IBD More than half of patients with IBD who failed to initially respond to the standard HBV vaccination schedule eventually benefited from ...

And if you’re pregnant, you can pass it on to your newborn. Viral hepatitis is an inflammation of your liver that's caused by a virus. The most common ones in the U.S. are hep A, B, and C.

The three most common viruses that cause hepatitis are hepatitis A, hepatitis B and hepatitis C, and depending on the type can be spread through close contact, consuming contaminated food ...