Worldwide, seven drugs have been registered for the treatment of chronic hepatitis B. These include two interferons (conventional interferon and peginterferon alfa-2a) and five oral NAs (lamivudine, ...

Despite untreated HBV being linked to earlier mortality, higher all-cause and liver-related death, and a 10% to 25% lifetime risk of developing hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), only 29% of qualifying ...

Working out of a tribal-owned hospital in Anchorage, Alaska, liver specialist Brian McMahon has spent decades treating the ...

The best way to prevent hepatitis B infection is vaccination. The vaccines are highly effective at preventing infection in ...

BOSTON (Reuters) - The chief executive of Idenix Pharmaceuticals Inc. on Tuesday said the potential demand for hepatitis B treatments in the United States and Europe is being underestimated, and that ...

A recall update has been published regarding a hepatitis B medication. The news comes as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) convenes to vote on updated guidelines for childhood ...

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 ...

The World Health Organization (WHO) has released the Integrated drug resistance action framework for HIV, hepatitis B and C ...

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