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New Hepatitis B drug may prevent cirrhosis, liver cancer with functional cure in 20% patients: Liver Doc explains breakthrough
June 03, 2026 3:17 pm
A major clinical trial found that one in five people with chronic hepatitis B could control the virus without further treatment after receiving an experimental therapy alongside standard antivirals
19 men donated blood at a Lucknow camp — all test positive for Hepatitis B over a week later
March 09, 2026 7:22 pm
As a precautionary measure, officials said fresh tests are being carried out to recheck the result and ascertain the viral load.
US advisory panel rolls back hepatitis B vaccine recommendation, says not all babies need to be vaccinated at birth
December 05, 2025 11:08 pm
For other babies, it will be up to the parents and their doctors to decide if a birth dose is appropriate, the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) said.
US CDC to decide on hepatitis B vaccine for newborns: All you need to know
December 04, 2025 11:34 pm
As many as 2.4 million people in the US are estimated to have hepatitis B.
Doctor claims threading raises hepatitis risk: 'Eyebrows banwane gayi thi lekin liver fail karwake aagayi'; internal medicine expert weighs in
August 06, 2025 5:25 pm
Threading is a popular beauty treatment, most commonly for eyebrow shaping or facial hair removal
World Hepatitis Day 2025: Top 10 countries account for two-thirds of the global hepatitis B and C cases, with China and India leading
July 28, 2025 11:54 pm
Hepatitis B and C cases 2025, World Hepatitis Day 2025: With over 1.3 million deaths in 2022 due to Hepatitis, the top 10 countries account for two-thirds of the global burden with China and India leading, as of 2022.
World Hepatitis Day: Person with hepatitis B can spread the infection through blood, other body fluids
July 28, 2025 10:30 am
According to the World Health Organisation’s (WHO’s) 2024 report, India has the highest global burden of viral hepatitis, with nearly 40 million people living with chronic hepatitis B and 6–12 million with hepatitis C, yet testing and treatment remain limited.
How viral hepatitis poses a challenge to India's public health, with second highest prevalence globally
April 15, 2024 11:59 am
Globally, an estimated 1.3 million people died of viral hepatitis in 2022 (as compared to 1.1 million in 2019), even as its incidence — number of new cases in a year — went down to 2.2 million in 2022 (as compared to 2.5 million in 2019).
Daily Briefing: Delhi HC dismisses Kejriwal’s plea against arrest; The Kerala Story sparks controversy again; and more
April 10, 2024 8:36 am
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India among nations with highest burden of viral hepatitis, says WHO: How to prevent it?
April 10, 2024 11:03 am
All newborns must get vaccination. Even adults born before the vaccine was included in the national programme should get the shot, says Dr SK Sarin, V-C of the Institute of Liver and Biliary Sciences (ILBS)
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