Medical experts say vaccination is the best prevention method for hepatitis B, a liver infection that can be acute or chronic ...

WHO’s classification of hepatitis D virus as carcinogenic raises urgent questions for vaccination, screening, and treatment ...

A new immunological treatment against hepatitis B and D viruses, both of which can cause liver cancer, shows promising results in animal models. A new immunological treatment against hepatitis B and D ...

A new immunological treatment against hepatitis B and D viruses, both of which can cause liver cancer, shows promising results in animal models. Results from the treatment, which is being developed by ...

Over 12 million people worldwide suffer from a chronic infection with the hepatitis D virus. This most severe viral liver disease is associated with a high risk of dying from liver cirrhosis and liver ...

Tomorrow, the CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices will discuss the birth dose of the hepatitis B vaccine, which helps protect about 98% of healthy infants from the virus ...

Whether hepatitis resolves depends on the type and whether a person receives treatment. Hepatitis A usually resolves without medications, and while sometimes hepatitis B and C may last only a few ...

This story is part of a larger series on viroids and virusoids, small infectious RNAs. It is also the seventh installment in a series on hepatitis D virus, a virusoid-like pathogen that causes serious ...

Hepatitis is contagious. It is an inflammation of the liver that results from a virus. There are five types of viral hepatitis, and all are contagious, although they can spread in different ways.

It's unusual for presidents to give medical advice. But this week, President Trump told parents to delay giving their kids a ...

A recent study published in Alimentary Pharmacology and Therapeutics reports that patients with a lower hepatitis B virus (HBV) haplotype number of less than or equal to two are more likely to achieve ...

Donald Trump claimed there's "no reason" to give a baby the hepatitis B vaccine — even it can spread from casual contact and ...