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

The CDC's vaccine advisory committee could vote this week to change hepatitis B vaccine recommendations for children. Here's ...

Advisers to the Centers for Disease Control Prevention will scrutinize the childhood vaccine schedule and may start to upend it.

Public health experts warn any delay to the newborn dose of the hepatitis B vaccine could threaten decades of progress.

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

The influential vaccine advisory committee that Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. remade to ...

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

My father didn’t know it, but by the time his urine had turned dark, the color of tea, he had only a month or so to live.

Objectives In high-income countries hepatitis E virus (HEV) is an uncommonly diagnosed porcine-derived zoonoses. After identifying disproportionate chronic HEV infections in persons with cystic ...

Despite the WHO's 2030 goal to eliminate Hepatitis B and C, many remain untested due to misconceptions and lack of awareness. Early diagnosis through regular testing is crucial for effective treatment ...

In a commentary published in Gastroenterology, leading experts urge that all newborns in the United States continue to receive the first dose of hepatitis B vaccine within 24 hours of birth. Hepatitis ...

Background The elimination of HBV covalently closed circular DNA (cccDNA) remains a critical hurdle for chronic hepatitis B (CHB) management. Objective In this investigation, we examined the efficacy ...