The World Health Organisation’s International Agency for Research in Cancer (WHO-IARC) has now declared hepatitis D, a little-known but deadly virus, carcinogenic, with the hope that it will lead to ...

If you’ve heard of hepatitis C (hepa-what?!), you might think of actress Pamela Anderson, who was diagnosed with the disease in the early 2000s. Or maybe you associate it with people who have ...

Vaccination against hepatitis B is a common recommendation, but what exactly is it preventing? HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and his advisory group plan to meet this week to discuss and vote on ...

Hepatitis C is a type of blood-borne virus that targets the liver, causing inflammation and liver damage if untreated. It spreads between people by blood-to-blood contact. In cases covered by the ...

Hepatitis B is a viral infection that impacts the liver. To test for hepatitis B, a doctor can perform a blood test that detects hepatitis B surface antigens. A positive result indicates a hepatitis B ...

News that a health worker at a Sydney hospital’s birth unit was infectious with hepatitis B for more than a decade has led to a health alert for mothers and babies. The staff member worked at Nepean ...

WASHINGTON — A federal vaccine advisory committee voted Friday to end the longstanding recommendation that all U.S. babies get the hepatitis B vaccine on the day they’re born. Newborn hepatitis B ...

Do newborns need the hepatitis B vaccine to B healthy? That’s slated to be deliberated Thursday at a meeting of the CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP). The influential vaccine ...

Re-engagement strategies for hepatitis B show promise in the US, but data gaps and structural barriers are slowing progress ...