The hepatitis B vaccine is one of the very first vaccines your baby will get before she leaves the hospital. This vaccine protects her from a dangerous (but preventable!) liver infection and is given ...

To tackle the ongoing high burden of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infections among people who inject drugs (PWID), WHO has set a specific incidence target among PWID of no more than two new infections per ...

In Nevada, the current Essential Health Benefits (EHB) plan encompasses an array of medical services and procedures but there are a few key areas that have not been included, addressing opioid use ...

In their effort to answer a decades-old biological question about how the hepatitis B virus (HBV) is able to establish infection of liver cells, researchers have identified a vulnerability that opens ...

In their effort to answer a decades-old biological question about how the hepatitis B virus (HBV) is able to establish infection of liver cells, research led by Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center ...

They call themselves the "Hep C Squad," and they're traveling all over Ohio with this message: Hepatitis C is curable -- even if you're struggling with addiction.

Precision BioSciences, Inc. (Nasdaq: DTIL), a clinical stage gene editing company utilizing its novel proprietary ARCUS® platform to develop in vivo g ...

Here we go again. From the New York Health Department: Anyone Who Ate Food From ilili Restaurant During January 31 – February ...

Sparked by a flurry of executive orders in the first week of taking power, and evolving at dizzying pace, the new US administration has taken a wrecking ball to health-related services and research ...

With several drugs in use that inhibit the hepatitis B virus polymerases (nucleos(t)ide analogues (or NUCs)), some argue that new direct-acting antiviral drugs, and new NUCs in particular ...

Using “cure” to refer to “obtaining a normal life” also fits — if you ignore previously lost education, career opportunities ...

Anti-nuclear antibodies and anti-smooth muscle actin antibodies were negative. Tests for hepatitis B, hepatitis C virus, and HIV were also negative. The necessity of liver biopsy remains controversial ...