In 2020, bulevirtide (BLV) was conditionally approved for treating chronic hepatitis delta (CHD), an inflammation of the liver caused by hepatitis D virus (HDV). Now real-world studies of patients treated outside of clinical ...
Mar 20, 2023
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Frozen organic strawberries packaged under a variety of names and sold at stores including Costco, Trader Joe's and Aldi have been recalled as part of a hepatitis A outbreak investigation.
Mar 20, 2023
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Reducing the spread of blood borne viruses (BBVs) and other injecting-related harm in prison will be best achieved by implementing specific evidence-based methods, a new consensus statement by The Harm Reduction in Prisons ...
Mar 14, 2023
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Recommendations have been updated for screening and testing for hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection, according to research published in the March 10 issue of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Morbidity and ...
Mar 13, 2023
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The overall responsiveness of patients with chronic liver disease (CLD) to COVID-19 vaccines has been shown to be decreased in patients with cirrhosis. A new prospective study in JHEP Reports shows that this lower response ...
Mar 2, 2023
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A new study has found participating in research over many years can give people who inject drugs a chance to share their experiences and contribute to broader knowledge.
Mar 1, 2023
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A health care team at Oregon Health & Science University is trying a different approach to caring for patients who have, or are at risk for, hepatitis C, helping overcome barriers that can otherwise make receiving testing ...
Feb 24, 2023
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In hepatic steatosis, hepatocytes "die," resulting in liver damage. Severe steatosis increases hepatocellular deaths, thus aggravating liver damage. The mechanism is unclear. Using mice, we show that mild steatosis causes ...
Feb 15, 2023
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Biochemist Jon Jacobs has analyzed the blood of patients with diseases and conditions such as Ebola, cancer, tuberculosis, hepatitis, diabetes, Lyme disease, brain injury and influenza.
Feb 9, 2023
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Although hepatitis E is a common disease, little is known about the life cycle of the virus. Initial findings on how it manages to infect cells are reported by a team from Molecular and Medical Virology at Ruhr University ...
Feb 9, 2023
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