Extra Hep B Vaccine Dose Exceeds Expectations for People With HIV Seroprotection seen in 100% of participants after three doses of Heplisav-B vaccine Oct 23, 2022
Hepatitis A Demographics Shift Dramatically Drug use, homelessness implicated in more cases than ever before Sep 29, 2022
HCV-Positive Kidney Allograft Survival Just as Good at 5 Years Data provide rationale to reexamine penalty on Kidney Donor Profile Index, researchers say Aug 26, 2022
CDC: Few Insured Patients With Hepatitis C Get Timely Treatment Not even one-third received curative drugs within a year of diagnosis Aug 10, 2022
Bictegravir-Based Treatment Wins for HIV/HBV Co-Infections Head-to-head comparison in ALLIANCE trial favors use over dolutegravir-based combination Aug 03, 2022
New Findings May Explain Mystery Hepatitis in Kids Two preprints point to a clash of a harmless virus, genetic susceptibility, and pandemic factors Jul 26, 2022
Relapse Patterns in Chronic Hep B After Halting Treatment Researchers suggest finite therapy could be an option with entecavir or TDF in certain cases Jul 20, 2022
Unexplained Acute Hepatitis in Children: More Evidence for Adenovirus 41 Two studies point to a suspiciously high prevalence Jul 13, 2022
Better Outcomes Tied to More HCV Treatment for People Who Inject Drugs Baltimore-based cohort study showed a reduced burden of cirrhosis and mortality Jul 11, 2022
Jaundice, Malaise in Woman With Heroin Habit, Inactive Hepatitis B HDV diagnosis portends imminent cirrhosis despite initial resolution of symptoms Jul 05, 2022
Hep C Cure Aside, Some Patients Still Benefit From Liver Cancer Screening Hepatocellular carcinoma risk persisted after direct-acting antivirals Jun 30, 2022
EASL Roundup: Path to 'Cure' in Hep B? Low-Carb, High-Fat Diet for NAFLD With T2D Noteworthy research from the European Association for the Study of the Liver annual meeting Jun 29, 2022
Bulevirtide's Effect Sustained in Difficult-to-Treat Hepatitis D Nearly half of patients at week 48 had virological and biochemical response Jun 25, 2022
German Study Warns of Increasing Acute Hep C Reinfections in MSM 14% of patients experienced a reinfection over the past decade Jun 24, 2022
Reassuring Trend Emerges in Unusual Kids' Hepatitis Cases CDC researchers found no spike in hospitalizations versus pre-pandemic times Jun 15, 2022
Adenovirus Remains a 'Strong Lead' for Unusual Hepatitis in Kids, CDC Says Agency "also exploring other potential exposures," including different infections, toxins May 20, 2022
MELD Scoring for Liver Transplants in Need of Sex Adjustment, Study Says Researchers find "pervasive sex differences" in sodium-adjusted MELD scoring system May 18, 2022
CDC Updates Testing Recommendations for Unknown Hepatitis in Kids Agency provides more details on type of specimens when testing for adenovirus May 12, 2022
The Alabama Doc Who Sounded the Alarm on Unusual Hepatitis in Kids Markus Buchfellner, MD, and team were surprised by positive adenovirus results May 06, 2022
CDC: 5 Deaths, 109 Cases of Kids' Mystery Hepatitis Under Investigation Cause of the acute cases still unknown, officials caution May 06, 2022
Clinical Clues, Possible Culprit Identified in Kids' Mystery Hepatitis Cases CDC report offers case details, but stresses investigation is ongoing Apr 29, 2022
CDC Issues Advisory on Mystery Hepatitis Cases in Kids Agency eyes adenovirus infection as possible cause behind recently reported cases Apr 22, 2022
Reassuring Data on Two-Dose Hep B Vaccine, Risk of Acute MI No significantly greater risk with Heplisav-B versus Engerix-B Mar 28, 2022
Default Order in Hospitals' EHR Doubles Hepatitis C Screening About 70% of patients completed screening with intervention versus 38% with conventional alert Mar 17, 2022
Getting a Cure to Hepatitis C Patients Who Use Injection Drugs Randomized trial found that HCV care housed at a harm reduction center improved chances Mar 14, 2022
Universal HCV Screening in Pregnancy Boosts Detection More cases found verses risk-based approach, also IDs perinatal transmission, researcher says Feb 16, 2022
Novel Strategy Slashes HBV Vertical Transmission Sans Immunoglobulin Cambodian study finds antenatal antiviral effective if used for long enough Feb 15, 2022
Recurrent Autoimmune Hepatitis Post-Liver Transplant: What Are the Risks? Probability of recurrent disease more than doubled from 5 to 20 years later Feb 09, 2022
Time to Remove 'Race-Based' GI Screening Recommendations Consider more specific variables, if possible, authors argue Dec 08, 2021
New Type of Hepatitis B Vaccine OK'd FDA approved the first recombinant three-antigen hepatitis B vaccine for adults Dec 02, 2021
Wide Variety of Immune-Mediated Conditions Tied to Cancer Associations often seen in the involved or near organ, but not always Dec 02, 2021
Need for Liver Transplants Rising Sharply in Seniors Post-transplant mortality still higher versus younger patients, but improving over time Nov 17, 2021
FMT Benefits Last a Few Years in Severe Alcoholic Hepatitis Patients More research needed to determine impact on clinical outcomes versus standard of care Nov 14, 2021
Fewer Hepatitis C Patients Seeking Treatment of Late Accelerated declines in 2020 only the latest in a downward trajectory Nov 12, 2021
ACIP: All Adults Ages 59 and Younger Should Get Hep B Vaccine Committee also passed new recommendations on vaccines against Ebola, orthopoxviruses Nov 03, 2021
When It Comes to Hep B Vaccine, Three Antigens May Be Better Than One Vaccine licensed in Israel, but not yet in the U.S. Oct 12, 2021
High-Dose HBV Revaccination Better Protects HIV Patients Phase III trial saw more and longer-lasting responses with double the dose Aug 24, 2021
Key Factors Signal Infection Risk in Alcoholic Hepatitis Higher MELD score, WBC, and steroid use linked with higher infection risk Aug 05, 2021
Liver Transplants: 'Collateral Damage' of Pandemic Drinking Rate of transplants for acute alcoholic hepatitis boomed, study finds Jul 29, 2021
Shingles Risk Slashed in IBD Patients After Vaccine Study found certain medications also showed lower incidence rates Jul 20, 2021
