From October this year, all newborns will be vaccinated against Hepatitis B Virus (HBV) at birth, the Programme Manager of the Expanded Programme on Immunisation (EPI), Dr Kwame Amponsah-Achiano, has ...

For a person with chronic hepatitis B, symptoms can take years to develop. The hepatitis B vaccine became part of the recommended immunization schedule in the U.S. in 1991. Since then, new ...

Functional cure, defined as durable hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) and hepatitis B virus (HBV) DNA titers below the ...

Despite knowing how to prevent vertical transmission (from mother to the baby) of HIV, syphilis and hepatitis-B infections, ...

And if you’re pregnant, you can pass it on to your newborn. Viral hepatitis is an inflammation of your liver that's caused by a virus. The most common ones in the U.S. are hep A, B, and C.

Background Hepatitis B virus (HBV) is a common cause of viral ... renal dialysis patients who were receiving HBsAg testing as part of routine and ongoing monitoring. Beyond 14 days, there were ...

Kurnool: With a spike in hepatitis B and hepatitis C virus cases, the Clinical Microbiology wing at Nandyal Government ...

Chronic hepatitis B (CHB) is a long-term infection of the liver caused by the hepatitis B virus (HBV). While acute hepatitis B infection is often resolved by the immune system, CHB occurs when the ...

A new service is making it easier for primary care and community health professionals to monitor, treat and manage patients ...

It is part of a federal government effort to eliminate hepatitis B as a public health threat by 2030. The new strategy is to be released in the middle of the year. The universal testing is likely ...