Patients with hepatitis C should consider being vaccinated again for hepatitis B, because their immune response to the initial shot may be inadequate, a new study suggests. Researchers at the ...
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration on Tuesday adopted its vaccine advisory committee’s recommendation to end the ...
A health worker takes a blood sample in a file photo. (joasouza/BigStock) In Philadelphia, as many as 2,700 people each year get a diagnosis of hepatitis B or C. These blood-borne infectious diseases ...
The federal government should spearhead an aggressive effort to eliminate hepatitis B and C by 2030, argues a new report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine. "With the ...
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention officially abandoned universal hepatitis B vaccination for newborns on ...
Whether hepatitis resolves depends on the type and whether a person receives treatment. Hepatitis A usually resolves without medications, and while sometimes hepatitis B and C may last only a few ...
Hepatitis means you have an inflamed liver. The most common cause of the condition is a virus called hepatitis C, or “hep C” for short. (There are other causes like bacteria, injury, and other viruses ...
Fewer mothers in Washington, D.C., refused to have their newborns receive an initial birth dose of the hepatitis B vaccine (Engerix-B, Recombivax HB) in recent years, according to a retrospective ...
Several viruses can cause hepatitis, which is inflammation of the liver. These include hepatitis A, B, and C. A person can contract hepatitis A by consuming contaminated food and water. In the United ...