The aim of this study was to assess the cost-effectiveness of directly acting antivirals (DAAs) in CHC elderly patients.

The viruses hepatitis B and C may both be associated with an increased risk of Parkinson's disease, according to a study published in the March 29, 2017, online issue of Neurology®, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology.

New studies show that CRV431 potently blocks the interaction between hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg), a key HBV protein, and cyclophilin A, an important cellular protein.

We need to be reminded once again that hepatitis B is nothing to be ashamed of, that millions of people around the world are infected not because they did anything wrong.

The relationship between iron overload and hepatitis B has been problematic, or as researchers like to say, “not well defined.”

A recent study suggested a link between hepatitis C (HCV) infection and the development of cataracts.The study, “Increasing risk of cataract in HCV patients receiving anti-HCV therapy: A nationwide cohort study,” was published in the journal PLOS One.

Oral antiviral therapy may reduce the disease progression of chronic hepatitis B (CHB) patients.Four-year entecavir therapy significantly reduces the risk of HCC, cirrhotic events and mortality in patients with CHB-related cirrhosis.

The final 2017 adult vaccination schedule has been issued by the Advisory Panel on Immunization Practices (ACIP) of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Staff at two Chinese hospitals have been punished after their failure to follow proper medical procedures caused 14 patients to be infected with HIV and hepatitis B, state media reported on Friday.

A committee of the European Union’s drug regulatory agency has given its blessing to Sci-B-Vac, a vaccine for hepatitis B developed by Massachusetts-based VBI Vaccines.