All the news Showing 10 of 175 articles from: Hepatitis BGet an RSS feed of these articles Show All news infohep newsEditors' picks from other sources GSK antisense agent for hepatitis B shows promise Keith Alcorn / 29 August 2020 An antisense agent, GSK-3228836, significantly reduced hepatitis B surface antigen levels in previously untreated people with chronic hepatitis B after three injections, an early phase trial reported this week at the Digital International ... Liver cancer risk after hepatitis C cure is lower in people with HIV Keith Alcorn / 24 August 2020 People with HIV who were cured of hepatitis C were less likely than HIV-negative people to develop hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC – liver cancer) in the three-and-a-half years after completing hepatitis C treatment, Spanish ... New WHO guidance on preventing mother-to-child transmission of hepatitis B Keith Alcorn / 28 July 2020 Pregnant women who test positive for hepatitis B infection and have a high level of hepatitis B virus (HBV) in the blood should receive preventive antiviral therapy with tenofovir from the 28th week ... Hepatitis B treatment suboptimal in people with HIV in Africa Keith Alcorn / 04 February 2020 Testing for chronic hepatitis B infection was very low in people living with HIV in Cameroon, a country with a high burden of hepatitis B, and suppression of hepatitis B virus was ... A healthy lifestyle could prevent most liver cancer and liver-related deaths Liz Highleyman / 17 December 2019 A healthy lifestyle, including smoking cessation, moderate drinking, a balanced diet, exercise and weight loss could dramatically reduce the growing burden of liver cancer and deaths due to liver disease, according to a study ... Combination therapies show promise against hepatitis D Liz Highleyman / 16 December 2019 Combination regimens using lonafarnib or bulevirtide reduced levels of hepatitis delta virus (HDV) in a majority of people with HDV and hepatitis B virus (HBV) co-infection, researchers reported at the AASLD Liver Meeting ... Sustained response to HCV antivirals boosts liver cancer survival Liz Highleyman / 19 November 2019 People with liver cancer who achieved a sustained virological response (SVR) to direct-acting antiviral (DAA) therapy for hepatitis C saw a reduction in both liver-related and all-cause mortality over five years, according to ... Hepatitis B antiviral drugs reduce liver cancer risk Liz Highleyman / 19 November 2019 Treating hepatitis B virus (HBV) with nucleoside/nucleotide antiviral drugs was associated with a lower risk of developing hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), the most common type of liver cancer, according to studies presented last week ... Therapeutic hepatitis B vaccine may lead to functional cure Liz Highleyman / 13 November 2019 An experimental therapeutic vaccine called NASVAC, which targets two different hepatitis B virus (HBV) antigens, led to a reduction in hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) levels, according to study presented this week ... When is the right time to treat hepatitis C in people with liver cancer? Keith Alcorn / 27 October 2019 Direct-acting antiviral treatment for hepatitis C need not be delayed until the completion of treatment for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC; liver cancer), but people with hepatitis C need to be warned of a ... ← Prev1...23456...18Next → Other pages in this section Latest news All the news Hepatitis A Hepatitis B Transmission and prevention Diagnosis and monitoring Disease course and symptoms Treatment HIV and HBV HCV and HBV Hepatitis delta Living with HBV Hepatitis C Hepatitis D Hepatitis E Coronavirus NAFLD Treatment for hepatocellular carcinoma Transmission, epidemiology and prevention Health services, policy and advocacy Social issues Conference news Noticeboard Email bulletins News feeds