Background: British Columbia introduced a preadolescent hepatitis B (HB) immunization program in 1992. This study documents trends in the reported rate of acute HB disease since 1992 and examines ...

Unmet needs in hepatology continue to evolve globally. While the burden of chronic viral hepatitis continues to decline due to improved treatment and prevention, steatotic liver disease is emerging as ...

Findings showed that in patients treated with glecaprevir/pibrentasvir, the overall SVR12 rate was 96%, with 0 patients experiencing virologic failure. The Food and ...

The recent emergence of acute hepatitis of unknown origin in children has prompted global attention due to its rapid onset and severity in previously healthy individuals. First identified in 2022, ...

Hepatitis, literally an inflammation of the liver, has several causes, including viral infection. The most common viruses are hepatitis A (HAV), hepatitis B (HBV), and hepatitis C (HCV). There is also ...

Editor's Note: This headline and story have been updated to clarify that the FDA approval was for an expanded indication to treat acute HCV. Glecaprevir, one of the two DAAs in Mavyret, was Discovered ...

Multiple states across the country have reported hepatitis A virus (HAV) outbreaks, primarily among people who use drugs, people experiencing homelessness, and men who have sex with men. Since ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Currently, more than 300 million people are diagnosed with hepatitis around the world, according to the World ...

One in nine people in prisons globally have a history of injecting drug use and their risk of HIV, viral hepatitis and tuberculosis is up to 45 times higher than in the general population. Yet access ...

Since the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention began in 1991 recommending the vaccine for all children at birth, acute ...

Chronic hepatitis B (CHB) is a long-term infection of the liver caused by the hepatitis B virus (HBV). While acute hepatitis B infection is often resolved by the immune system, CHB occurs when the ...