Chronic hepatitis B (CHB) affects more than 254 million people globally, with 1.2 million new infections occurring each year. 1 And while it has the potential to cause severe long-term liver problems ...

Hepatitis B can spread relatively easily through contact with the blood or body fluids of someone who has the virus, especially in certain high risk situations. Hepatitis B is a liver infection caused ...

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

Hepatitis B viral load is the amount of hepatitis B virus (HBV) found in a person’s bloodstream. Hepatitis B is a viral infection that can pass from person to person through bodily fluids. It ...

The patient had been living with Hepatitis B for several years and was diagnosed with HIV around three years ago. Over time, ...

Viral hepatitis is a leading cause of liver disease, liver cancer and liver transplant in the United States and is a focus of an annual national awareness campaign that occurs each May. While viral ...

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 ...

World Hepatitis Day, July 28th, is a global initiative aiming to raise awareness about the global health concern of hepatitis viruses and establish collaboration for the elimination of the virus.