Know how everyday habits, including diet, exercise, sleep, and stress management, play a vital role in managing chronic hepatitis and supporting long-term liver health.

Hepatitis B (HBV) is a viral infection that affects the liver by causing inflammation. This can lead to permanent scarring, what medical professionals call liver fibrosis or cirrhosis. Most hepatitis B infections last less than 6 months, but sometimes the ...

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 for those affected, many impacts of this often ...

The nation’s top vaccine advisory panel is expected to debate on whether to delay the first dose of the hepatitis B shot on Thursday. The immunization, originally developed in Philadelphia and long recommended for all U.

Hepatitis B vaccines given at birth have essentially eliminated the disease in kids. A vote this week could upend that success.

Rates of the disease have fallen since 1991, when all newborns began receiving the shot. President Trump recently said he thought children should not get it until age 12. By Dani Blum In the latest and perhaps most high-profile attack on the practice of ...

Do newborns need the hepatitis B vaccine to B healthy? That’s slated to be deliberated Thursday at a meeting of the CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP). The influential vaccine advisory panel is expected to vote to recommend ...

The hepatitis B surface antibody test (HBsAb) detects antibodies in the blood to determine if someone is immune to the hepatitis B virus (HBV). A negative or nonreactive result means the individual is not immune. HBV causes hepatitis B, which is a type of ...

The first shot in the multi-dose vaccine has been recommended at birth for decades, but that could soon change.