Hepatitis B is a serious liver disease caused by the hepatitis B virus (HBV), which is a small DNA virus from the Hepadnaviridae family. If someone has this infection for a long time, it can lead to ...

From a clinical perspective, these are conditions in which outcomes can change significantly. But that depends on when we ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . As of 2019, the WHO estimates that nearly 300 million people worldwide are chronically infected with HBV, with ...

Whether hepatitis resolves depends on the type and whether a person receives treatment. Hepatitis A usually resolves without medications, and while sometimes hepatitis B and C may last only a few ...

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — Viral hepatitis is the most common form of hepatitis, and although there are five types (A, B, C, D and E), the most common forms are ...

Hepatitis B is not a particularly common condition in the United States. Data from 2021 estimates that between 880,000 and 1.89 million individuals are living with chronic hepatitis B in the U.S. This ...

The decision by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to stop recommending giving infants a dose of the hepatitis B vaccine within 24 hours after birth is likely to lead to hundreds ...

Fifteen years ago, doctors in Europe noticed a remarkable thing happening in people with chronic hepatitis B infections. When patients went off their medications, the virus started to come back—and ...