Men who have sex with men who are living with HIV were found to have a significant burden of both hepatitis B and C infections. Patients who have HIV and HCV or HBV have shown a reduction in life ...

Research analyzing European survey data from 113,884 men who have sex with men (MSM) and published in Eurosurveillance indicates that while most MSM have a basic understanding of viral hepatitis, only ...

EMIS: European MSM Internet Survey; MSM: men who have sex with men; WHO: World Health Organization. * This designation is without prejudice to positions on status and is in line with United Nations ...

The American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases and the Infectious Diseases Society of America issued a new practice guideline on chronic hepatitis B treatment. (Hepatology) Data from a ...

A group of independent vaccine advisers to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is meeting this week, and a key item on the agenda is the hepatitis B vaccine. After presentations about ...

Alaska public health officials continue to recommend the Hepatitis B vaccine for all newborns, citing high rates of chronic ...

People may be at more risk of both AIDS and hepatitis B due to similar risk factors. Having HIV and hepatitis B may lead to serious complications. However, both are treatable and preventable. Stage 3 ...

Hepatitis B virus (HBV) infects more than 250 million people worldwide and can lead to chronic liver disease and liver cancer ...

On Dec. 5, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices voted to end the ...

A key federal vaccine advisory panel whose members were recently replaced by Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is expected to vote to recommend delaying, until age 4, the hepatitis B vaccine that ...

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