Hepatitis B testing can show whether you have a current or past HBV infection and whether you have antibodies from a hepatitis B vaccine. Hepatitis B is a viral infection caused by the hepatitis B ...

Hepatitis B is a viral infection that impacts the liver. To test for hepatitis B, a doctor can perform a blood test that detects hepatitis B surface antigens. A positive result indicates a hepatitis B ...

Hepatitis B and hepatitis C viruses accounted for 52% and 21% of global hepatocellular carcinoma cases in 2022. The overwhelming majority of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) cases worldwide can be ...

Hepatitis B is a serious liver disease caused by the hepatitis B virus (HBV), which is a small DNA virus from the Hepadnaviridae family. If someone has this infection for a long time, it can lead to ...

Hepatitis B virus (HBV) is a significant public health problem, with over 296 million people chronically infected worldwide. Despite the availability of a safe and effective vaccine for over 40 years, ...

Tune Therapeutics’ TUNE-401 treatment, which adds repressive epigenetic marks to the hepatitis B virus, showed strong ...

Hepatitis B virus (HBV) has a narrow host range, mainly infecting hominoids. A new study reveals the structural differences in the liver cell receptor (NTCP) between humans and monkeys, explaining why ...

Hepatitis B virus (HBV) is associated with an increased risk of cervical cancer but not ovarian or endometrial cancers. However, current research remains divided on the relationship between HBV ...

In their effort to answer a decades-old biological question about how the hepatitis B virus (HBV) is able to establish infection of liver cells, research led by Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center ...

Hepatitis B and herpes simplex virus are both sexually transmitted infections (STIs). However, they are not the same and develop due to different viruses. STIs spread from one person to another ...

Officials attributed part of the increase to expanded screening and said RT-PCR viral load testing facilities are now being revived.

Globally, an estimated 254 million people are living with chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection, with an estimated 4.5% co-infected with the satellite virus, hepatitis delta (HDV) 1. HBV ...