The new chair of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices said the panel plans to vote to end universal hepatitis B ...

Hepatitis B testing can show whether you have a current or past HBV infection and whether you have antibodies from a hepatitis B vaccine. Hepatitis B is a viral infection caused by the ...

The researchers found that patients with cancer exposed to immune checkpoint inhibitors have a 1.3% risk of hepatitis B virus reactivation. There is a low risk of hepatitis B virus ...

The contagious disease can damage liver function, with those concerned asked to contact the health department for more ...

Did you know viral hepatitis, an inflammation of the liver, causes more than 1 million deaths per year worldwide? That’s about the same number of deaths caused by tuberculosis and HIV combined.

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 ...

Federal vaccine advisers selected by Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. are planning to examine whether shots on the childhood immunization schedule are behind the rise of allergies and autoimmune ...