The search for new treatments for hepatitis B has been ongoing for decades. While effective at suppressing the virus, current treatments, which include antivirals, cannot eliminate it from the liver.

As hepatitis B research progresses, achieving higher functional cure rates is becoming more feasible. It is vital that ...

Atomic force microscopy images show hepatitis B DNA in its natural state (left) and a zoomed-in look at how it wraps around human histones during an infection (right). Disrupting this process in an ...

A group of advisers to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is preparing to vote on whether the agency should scrap ...

In our treatment cohort, of 76 patients with pretreatment serum HBV DNA < 200 IU/mL, reappearance of HBV DNA was found in 47 (61.8%) patients. [9] These patients should be monitored regularly and ...

MONTREAL -- For individuals infected by both HIV and hepatitis B virus (HBV), the choice of which virus-suppressing therapy to use can make a difference in outcomes, according to 48-week results of ...

As RFK Jr.'s new vaccine panel ponders changing the hepatitis B vaccination schedule, some doctors recall past patients, ...

Of the 723 people with Fibrosis-4 Index scores greater than 3.25, indicating advanced fibrosis, and 587 people with diagnosed ...

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 hepatitis B ...

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 ...

A population-based, retrospective cohort study examining the risk of HCC and mortality in 1096 treated and 1096 matched untreated HCV/HBV dually infected patients. CI, confidence interval; HBV, ...