Weekend Drinking and Liver Scarring; COVID and C. Diff; Stopping Hep B Therapy
(MedPage Today) -- Occasional heavy drinking may triple the odds of advanced liver fibrosis in people with metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic ...
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Plunge in Antiviral Scripts for Hep C Points to Unmet Treatment Needs
(MedPage Today) -- Hailed as breakthrough treatments at their 2013 debut, the number of direct-acting antiviral (DAA) prescriptions to treat ...
Hep B in Blood Transfusions; Ultraprocessed Foods and IBD; The Microbiome and CRC
(MedPage Today) -- Experts in JAMA Pediatrics warned of the risk of hepatitis B virus transmission via transfusions for infants ...
Evidence Review on Hep B Shot at Odds With Controversial CDC Decision
(MedPage Today) -- Universal hepatitis B vaccination at birth is safe, effective, and protective for both individual and public health, ...
Guinea-Bissau Suspends Trump-Backed Hep B Vaccine Trial for Ethical Review
(MedPage Today) -- Guinea-Bissau is suspending a Trump administration-backed hepatitis B vaccine study on newborns in the West African country, ...
Controversial CDC-Funded Hep B Study Halted
(MedPage Today) -- A controversial study on hepatitis B vaccination in Guinea-Bissau that was funded in part by the U.S. ...
FDA Flags Medtronic Recall as Most Serious; Hep B Cure? Appendectomy for UC
(MedPage Today) -- The FDA designated the recall of certain Medtronic Bravo esophageal pH monitoring capsules as class I, the ...
Study suggests transplanting Hep C-infected kidneys to uninfected donors safe, study suggests
Transplantation of kidneys from Hepatitis C-infected donors to uninfected recipients is safe and can be successfully implemented as a standard ...