On Dec. 5, the Committee on Immunization Practices voted to approve new recommendations delaying the child hepatitis B vaccine for infants, providing a win for the Make America Healthy Again movement while troubling many ...
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On December 5, 2025, the Trump administration's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP), whose members were handpicked by Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary and vaccination critic Robert F. Kennedy Jr., ...
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Liver transplants often save the lives of seriously ill patients. However, there remains a risk that the body will reject the new organ. Doctors distinguish between acute and chronic rejection. While acute rejection is easy ...
Nov 24, 2025
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In a commentary published in Gastroenterology, leading experts urge that all newborns in the United States continue to receive the first dose of hepatitis B vaccine within 24 hours of birth.
Nov 13, 2025
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Lactulose and tai chi can prevent falls in patients with cirrhosis, according to results from the LiveSMART Trial. Michigan Medicine hepatologists reported the findings as a late breaking abstract at The Liver Meeting 2025 ...
Nov 12, 2025
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Liver cirrhosis is significantly more common in low-income households than in high-income households, according to a national study which, according to the researchers, calls for more preventive action in the most vulnerable ...
Oct 28, 2025
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Research has revealed a steep increase in liver disease in recent years. Meanwhile, there is growing evidence of health harms from alcohol, including drinking at levels that were previously considered "moderate." These developments ...
Sep 29, 2025
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A new study from Karolinska Institutet, published in the journal The BMJ, shows how a simple blood analysis can predict the risk of developing severe liver disease. The method may already start to be applied in primary care ...
Sep 29, 2025
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Wellness advice seems to be everywhere these days, but change can be hard. How do you start a journey toward better health that you can stick with, and not be overwhelmed?
Sep 25, 2025
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Before the United States began vaccinating all infants at birth with the hepatitis B vaccine in 1991, around 18,000 children every year contracted the virus before their 10th birthday—about half of them at birth. About 90% ...
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