There's a vaccine for hepatitis B that, according to the CDC, can help to prevent millions of deaths worldwide.

At first glance, hepatitis B may seem like an unlikely threat to infants. The virus spreads through infected blood or bodily fluids, exposures many parents assume newborns would rarely encounter. But ...

Children and infants can contract hepatitis B. Some children may recover without treatment and have no long-term effects, but for others it can turn into a lifelong infection. Hepatitis B is a liver ...

On April 15, 2022, the WHO published an outbreak report of acute hepatitis of unknown etiology in children in the United Kingdom and Northern Ireland. Since then, there has been an increase in ...

A prospective, observational cohort study at Kaiser Permanente Southern California was conducted in which 31,183 adults received at least one dose of HepB-CpG vaccine (Heplisav-B, 2-dose) and 38,442 ...

If you or someone close to you has hepatitis B, you might have questions about the overall outlook. Here’s what you should know. Hepatitis B is an infection of the liver. Most of the time, it’s acute ...

Massive hepatic necrosis (MHN) represents the most severe pathological form of acute liver failure (ALF), with high mortality ...

The Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) stated on March 10 that between 1.6 million and 2.4 million Americans live with chronic hepatitis B virus (CHBV). New recommendations released ...

If someone presents you with a hepatitis B declination form, you might have some questions about it and the hepatitis B vaccine more generally. Hepatitis B is an infection of the liver due to the ...