The hepatitis B vaccine is one of the very first vaccines your baby will get before she leaves the hospital. This vaccine protects her from a dangerous (but preventable!) liver infection and is given ...

Council Member Sandra Ung and leaders from the Charles B. Wang Community Health Center will host a free hepatitis B screening ...

In Nevada, the current Essential Health Benefits (EHB) plan encompasses an array of medical services and procedures but there are a few key areas that have not been included, addressing opioid use ...

Researchers say if their results are confirmed through further study they are optimistic the approach could be used to treat chronic infections for the first time.

In their effort to answer a decades-old biological question about how the hepatitis B virus (HBV) is able to establish infection of liver cells, researchers have identified a vulnerability that opens ...

In their effort to answer a decades-old biological question about how the hepatitis B virus (HBV) is able to establish infection of liver cells, research led by Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center ...

Dr Adewunmi Akingbola is a medical doctor, public health advocate, and founder of HealthDrive Nigeria, who has been recognised by the Clinton Global Initiative University for his work on Hepatitis in ...

Event of the Heart, which is the primary fundraiser for MCAVHN Care and Prevention Network takes place on Feb. 15 at the ...

In 2024, Boston-based Tufts Medical Center performed 70 adult heart transplants, breaking its 2023 record by nine and setting the New England region record for the second year in a row.

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 ...

Using “cure” to refer to “obtaining a normal life” also fits — if you ignore previously lost education, career opportunities ...

MASH is the most severe form of MASLD. Hepatitis B or hepatitis C. Medicines for these diseases can prevent further damage to your liver. Other conditions that can lead to cirrhosis include ...