The best way to prevent hepatitis B is to get vaccinated, and no evidence suggests the hepatitis B vaccine is unsafe, an ...

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and the members of his newly appointed vaccine panel are casting doubt on the hepatitis B vaccine and the established practice of vaccinating ...

In this Review, Watashi et al. explore hepatitis B virus and hepatitis D virus entry, focusing on the early phase driven by viral surface antigens and related host factors, highlight the role of ...

A cure for chronic hepatitis B requires eliminating or permanently silencing covalently closed circular DNA (cccDNA). A pivotal target of this approach is the hepatitis B virus (HBV) X protein (HBx), ...

Hepatitis C virus (HCV) is a major cause of end-stage liver disease. Direct-acting antivirals (DAAs), including inhibitors of nonstructural proteins (NS3/4A protease, NS5A, and NS5B polymerase), ...

Hepatitis delta virus (HDV) causes the most severe form of viral hepatitis, affecting more than 15 million people worldwide. It codes for a single antigen, HDAg, of which only the structure of the ...

Hepatitis B is a contagious liver infection that's transmitted through blood, semen or another type of bodily fluid from a person who's infected with the virus, according to the CDC.

Infection with hepatitis B virus (HBV) is a major global health problem. Approximately 3 billion people have been exposed to HBV, and more than 300 million are chronically infected with HBV. 1 2 In ...

The hepatitis B vaccine is the best way to keep this virus at bay. It’s both safe and highly effective, which is why global health campaigns push for widespread vaccination to cut down on new ...

The virus can survive outside the body for at least seven days. In rare cases, hepatitis B has been known to spread from a health-care worker to a patient during certain medical procedures.

The hepatitis B vaccine cannot give you hepatitis B because it does not contain live virus. It is designed to help your immune system recognize and fight the virus if you are exposed in the future.

Our clinical team, guided by our hepatitis scientific advisory board, has deep expertise in hepatitis B, and we believe that we are well-positioned to advance PBGENE-HBV towards dosing the first ...