Hepatitis B News

• Parental Refusal of Neonatal Therapy a Growing Problem Parents who refuse one indicated neonatal preventive therapy often refuse others even when the reasons are different, according to an update at the Pediatric Hospital Medicine 2020 Virtual.
  Medscape Medical News, July 30, 2020
• Vaccine Safety Affirmed in Review of FDA Approvals Vaccines are 'remarkably' safe and the US Food and Drug Administration's approval and postmarketing system is 'robust,' a cohort study reveals.
  Reuters Health Information, July 27, 2020
• Liver Cancer Increase Driven Mainly by NASH in Men Over 60 The global increase in liver cancer has been driven mainly by an increase in fatty liver disease in men over 60 in developed countries, suggests a new analysis.
  Medscape Medical News, March 23, 2020
• Liver Cancer Risk Reduced by Aspirin in Chronic Viral Hepatitis The risk of liver cancer was reduced by 31% compared with no aspirin use, and liver-related mortality dropped by 27%, as long as aspirin use continued.
  Medscape Medical News, March 13, 2020
• GUILD 2020 HBV: Rethink the Free Pass for Immune-Tolerant Patients There might well be a cure for hepatitis B in coming years, just like there is now for hepatitis C, an expert reports.
  Medscape Medical News, February 27, 2020
• Infections Account for 13% of All Cancer Cases Infectious pathogens are responsible for about 2 million cases of cancer worldwide, but there is great variation among geographic regions.
  Medscape Medical News, January 21, 2020
• AASLD 2019 CRISPR Used to Silence Crucial Hepatitis B Gene A new CRISPR technology used to target a gene might be an effective way to eradicate chronic hepatitis B infection, investigators report.
  Medscape Medical News, November 12, 2019
• Alert FDA OKs First Treatment for Rare Types of Vasculitis in Kids The FDA has approved rituximab injection for granulomatosis with polyangiitis and microscopic polyangiitis in children aged 2 years or older.
  FDA Approvals, September 30, 2019
• USPSTF Reaffirms Need for HBV Screening in All Pregnant Women All pregnant women should continue to be screened for hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection at their first prenatal visit, the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) said in an updated recommendation statement.
  Reuters Health Information, March 22, 2020
• Low Risk for Adverse Events With DAAs Cause for Reassurance In a nationally representative sample, patients taking direct-acting antivirals for chronic HCV infection did not experience higher rates of treatment-related adverse events than patients not taking the drugs.
  Medscape Medical News, June 07, 2019
• DDW 2019 Treatment Switch for Hep B Patients With Renal, Bone Risk A change to a different form of tenofovir might lower the risk for adverse bone and renal effects, new research shows, but concerns about other risks are emerging.
  Medscape Medical News, April 18, 2019
• ILC 2019 Multiple Hep B Targets in Development for New Treatments Hepatitis B is a complex, 'clever' virus so several simultaneous approaches might be needed to eliminate it, experts say.
  Medscape Medical News, April 18, 2019
• ILC 2019 Hep B More Complex Than C, But Here's a Plan to Cure It Too A new global strategy is designed to accelerate a cure for hepatitis B, which affects millions of people around the world.
  Medscape Medical News, April 11, 2019
• Aspirin May Lower HCC Risk in Patients With Hepatitis B A new study finds that daily low-dose aspirin may decrease the risk for hepatocellular carcinoma in patients with chronic hepatitis B infection.
  Medscape Medical News, March 19, 2019
• Alert ACIP Releases 2019 Child and Teen Vaccine Schedule FluMist for influenza returns as an option this year, although the American Academy of Pediatrics still prefers that kids get the shot. Homelessness is added as an indication for hepatitis A vaccination.
  Medscape Medical News, February 05, 2019
• 2019 ACIP Schedule Updates Influenza, Hepatitis Vaccine Recs The schedule also includes updated recommendations for influenza and hepatitis B vaccines.
  Medscape Medical News, February 04, 2019
• Screen All New Cancer Patients for Hepatitis? With no identifiable risk factors in most cases, universal screening before cancer therapy may prevent life-threatening complications.
  Medscape Medical News, January 23, 2019
• 'Alarming': Projected Burden of Liver Cancer in the US The incidence of hepatocellular carcinoma in the US has been rapidly rising, but experts are cautiously optimistic that the trend can be reversed.
  Medscape Medical News, December 21, 2018
• AASLD 2018 Nivolumab Effective in Liver Cancer, Child–Pugh B Status New data from the CheckMate 040 trial suggest another indication is in the works for the checkpoint inhibitor nivolumab.
  Medscape Medical News, November 16, 2018
• AASLD 2018 In Older Hep B Patients, Carcinoma Surveillance Is Advised Patients older than 50 years should still be screened for hepatocellular carcinoma after the 5 years of therapy for chronic hepatitis B, new research shows.
  Medscape Medical News, November 15, 2018