Whole Foods Hepatitis; Plane Crash Kills Physician; Docs Criticize Mask Ban Proposal Health news and commentary gathered by staff May 20, 2024
Doc Flung From Trailer Dies; Viral Hepatitis Deaths Rise; Suicidal Thoughts and GLPs Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by staff Apr 09, 2024
Start of a New Trend? Hepatitis C Cases Drop in the U.S. After a decade of increases, health officials aren't sure if change is just a statistical blip Apr 04, 2024
Telehealth Improves Hepatitis C Treatment in Patients With Opioid Use Disorder Facilitated telemedicine embedded into opioid treatment programs boosted HCV cure rates Apr 03, 2024
Treating Kids' HCV Early May Boost Lifetime Health Outcomes and Save Money Modeling study suggests benefits for treating at age 3 instead of age 6 Mar 11, 2024
Novel Hepatitis E Vaccine Protects for at Least a Decade Chinese trial shows "remarkable efficacy" against a threat experts warn may be underappreciated Feb 22, 2024
Undiagnosed Liver Disease May Be Common in Patients With Dementia Hepatic encephalopathy could be contributing to cognitive symptoms, study suggested Jan 31, 2024
ACIP Unveils Its 2024 Adult Immunization Recommendations Schedule must be more user-friendly to improve vaccine uptake, critics say Jan 11, 2024
Two-Week Prophylaxis May Prevent Hep C After Kidney Transplant Direct-acting antiviral prophylaxis worked in all 10 cases in pilot trial Dec 01, 2023
CDC Backs Hepatitis C Screening for Kids Exposed in the Womb New recommendations aim to detect HCV earlier, so treatment can promptly begin Oct 31, 2023
Heavy Drinking Not Tied to Lower Response to DAAs for Hepatitis C Therapy should not be restricted based on alcohol use, researchers say Sep 26, 2023
Hep C Infections in Pregnancy Skyrocketed Over the Past Two Decades Prevalence in pregnant women jumped 16-fold from 1998 through 2018 Jul 21, 2023
Hepatitis C Vaccine Is Essential for Expediting Elimination Advancements in the pipeline for hepatitis C eradication Jul 13, 2023
'Jarringly' Low Hep C Cure Rates a Decade After New Treatments, CDC Says Lack of rapid testing and payer restrictions are creating barriers, experts say Jun 29, 2023
Berry Eaters Beware: Hepatitis A May Be Lurking And a look at the bigger picture behind the frozen-food outbreaks Jun 28, 2023
Tenofovir Alafenamide Remains the Most Effective Treatment for Chronic HBV Persistent viral suppression in most patients, even after 8 years Jun 26, 2023
Fecal Matter Transplant Shows Promise in Cirrhosis Pilot trial demonstrates that FMT can boost gut health, prevent serious infections Jun 25, 2023
Ukraine's Mobile Medical Teams Duck Rockets Public health expert describes pivot to provide medical aid in war-torn Ukraine Jun 23, 2023
Antiviral Offers 'Glimmer of Hope' in Chronic Hepatitis D At 48 weeks, bulevirtide led to undetectable HDV RNA, normalization of ALT in up to 48% Jun 23, 2023
'Game Changer' in NASH: Resmetirom Hits Endpoints in Pivotal Study Investigational drug more likely to resolve severe form of fatty liver disease, improve fibrosis Jun 22, 2023
Prophylactic Antibiotics of Little Benefit in Severe Alcoholic Hepatitis Intervention reduced infections, but not mortality; no improvement on other endpoints May 10, 2023
Statins Linked to Slower Liver Disease Progression Risk 40% lower with use among those with preexisting liver disease, study found May 04, 2023
Another Measure of Terlipressin Success in Hepatorenal Syndrome Goal of 30% reduction in serum creatinine in the absence of full response or HRS reversal Apr 13, 2023
U.S. Study Backs 'Helper' Virus Theory in Kids' Mystery Hepatitis Cases In small study of children with severe hepatitis, 93% of blood samples tested positive for AAV2 Mar 31, 2023
Hep B Prior to Pregnancy Tied to Congenital Heart Diseases in Infants Higher risks tied to both infected women and men Mar 13, 2023
Screen All Adults for Hepatitis B, CDC Says New recommendations favor universal access to screening rather than risk-based approach Mar 09, 2023
COVID Vaccines Added to 2023 Child, Adult Immunization Schedules Other notable changes include new guidance on polio, MMR, hepatitis B, and pneumococcal vaccines Feb 10, 2023
Direct-Acting Antivirals Linked to Improved Outcomes in Chronic Hepatitis C All-cause mortality rate significantly lower in treated versus untreated group Dec 13, 2022
Novel Hepatitis B Drug Hints at Long-Term 'Functional Cure' for Some in Early Trial With 10% efficacy at 6 months post-treatment, a finite HBV treatment may be on the horizon Nov 10, 2022
Tenofovir, Vaccine Combo Eliminates Mom-to-Child HBV Transmission 100% success rate even without the use of hepatitis B immunoglobulin Nov 07, 2022
Pandemic's Impact on Liver Disease in the Spotlight at Liver Meeting A roundup of news from the AASLD annual meeting Nov 04, 2022
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
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
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
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
