hepatitis B virus
Good Results With Biktarvy in HIV–HBV Coinfection
At CROI 2025, Dr. Anchalee Avihingsanon and her colleagues reported Week 48 outcomes from the open-label extension ...
MARCH 25, 2025
Improving HBV Screening Before Switching to 2-Drug HIV Regimens
Implementation of a best-practice alert in the EHR led to a significant decrease in switches to two-drug ART among ...
NOVEMBER 11, 2024
Pharmacist Recommendations Improve Hepatitis B Screening in Oral Oncology Patients
The vast majority of providers accept pharmacist-initiated recommendations to screen for hepatitis B virus in ...
OCTOBER 17, 2024
Late Diagnosis Complicates Chronic Hepatitis B
Data from a nationwide managed care database shed new light on the factors that contribute to delayed diagnosis of ...
OCTOBER 17, 2024
MASLD and HBV: How Concurrence May Paradoxically Protect and Worsen Disease
The prevalence of fatty liver disease has increased worldwide, and is particularly problematic among patients with ...
AUGUST 26, 2024
HCV Elimination Program So Successful, Country of Georgia Tackles HBV
Program could serve as a model for others to tackle these viral diseases.
AUGUST 26, 2024
‘Viral Hepatitis Is Not Gone—Not Yet’
About 1.2 million people around the world are infected with hepatitis B each year; the U.S. sees about 20,000 new ...
AUGUST 22, 2024
FDA Approves PreHevbrio 3-Antigen HepB Vaccine
PreHevbrio is indicated for the prevention of infection caused by all known subtypes of HBV in adults 18 years of ...
DECEMBER 3, 2021
Grifols Introduces New Formulation of HepB IG to Treat Patients Exposed to Hepatitis B
Between 800,000 and 1.4 million Americans are infected with HBV. For unvaccinated patients, ACIP and CDC recommend ...
JUNE 26, 2021
Study Sees Vast Undertreatment for HBV
Nearly half of all treatment-eligible patients infected with chronic hepatitis B do not receive treatment for the ...
FEBRUARY 25, 2021
Screening for HBV Infection Recommended for Pregnant Women
Hep B rates are on the rise. Although babies are routinely vaccinated against HBV, rates of maternal HBV infection ...
AUGUST 1, 2019
Indigenous People More Likely to Be Infected by HBV and/or HCV Than Others
A new meta-analysis of global hepatitis data shows that indigenous peoples are up to 10 times more likely to be ...
AUGUST 10, 2017
