Mental health conditions may heighten liver cancer risk in veterans due to increased hepatitis C, study finds

Mental health conditions are common among veterans and may play a larger role than previously recognized in raising liver ...

The Journey To Hepatitis B Elimination Through Innovation, Early Testing, And Scientific Discovery

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

What to know about the hepatitis B shot — and why Trump officials are targeting it

Dr. Baruch Blumberg, a federal scientist, identified the virus behind the infection in 1965. He won the Nobel Prize for the ...

CDC advisers could reverse newborn hepatitis B vaccine recommendations

Hepatitis B vaccines given at birth have essentially eliminated the disease in kids. A vote this week could upend that ...
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Expert review finds delaying the hepatitis B vaccine birth dose would increase chronic infections in kids

Delaying the timing of vaccinating infants against hepatitis B — which ACIP could vote on later this week — would likely lead ...

RFK Jr.’s vaccine advisers plan biggest change yet to childhood schedule

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