At CROI 2026, experts warned that missing HBV screening risks reactivation during HIV therapy switches.

After plunging over the past several decades, hepatitis A and B rates could climb again now that the CDC has removed both vaccines from its list of universally recommended childhood immunizations, ...

The review confirms the universal hepatitis B birth dose has reduced pediatric incidence by 99% since its 1991 implementation. A comprehensive review published in Pediatrics found no evidence to ...

BACKGROUND: Patients on chronic dialysis present a high prevalence of hepatitis B virus infection. Despite infection-control practices, surveillance of serological markers, and hepatitis B vaccination ...

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The CDC Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices recently ended the federal recommendation for a universal birth dose of the hepatitis B vaccine. If you’re following this issue, you may also know ...