The revised guidelines also will lead to more than $20 million in extra health care costs, the research shows.

Two new studies published this week in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) demonstrate that delaying ...

How do viruses do their job of infecting humans? Some of them are experts at evading the immune system so that it won't knock them out. Take hepatitis C, a sneaky and potentially deadly viral ...

Hep B Free and the Coalition for Global Hepatitis Elimination (CGHE), a program of The Task Force for Global Health, today ...

New studies warn delaying the hepatitis B birth dose could leave more babies vulnerable to infection and long-term illness.

The hepatitis B vaccine can reduce your risk of developing the infection. But up to 10% of people may not respond to this vaccine. They may need to take extra steps to avoid hep B exposure. The ...

During one week in May, three unvaccinated food service workers exposed hundreds—if not thousands—of guests to the Hepatitis A virus. After a dishwasher at Duval’s seafood restaurant in Sarasota, ...

A screening test can determine if a person has an infection with hepatitis B. It involves a blood test that detects antigens and antibodies for hepatitis B virus (HBV). Hepatitis B, or hep B, is a ...

A well-characterized positive marker for hepatocellular differentiation would be a useful tool for the diagnosis of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). The recently commercially available Hep Par 1 ...

Hepatitis A typically quickly resolves on its own without treatment. Very rarely, the viral condition may cause serious complications such as liver disease or liver failure, especially in older or ...