Hepatitis

Treatment with direct-acting antivirals (DAAs) reduces the disease burden associated with liver scarring (fibrosis) and prevents severe liver outcomes and death among people with chronic…

A two-month regimen of Atea Pharmaceuticals’ once-daily oral antiviral treatment for hepatitis C — a combination of bemnifosbuvir and ruzasvir — leads to sustained…

Most people with chronic hepatitis B enrolled in a Phase 2b clinical trial were eligible to discontinue their use of standard antiviral medication six…

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has given Gigagen the go-ahead to start clinical testing of GIGA-2339, its experimental treatment for hepatitis B…

In its efforts to connect diagnosed but untreated hepatitis B or C patients with physicians, the Center for Disease Analysis (CDA) Foundation has…

World Hepatitis Day, marked annually on July 28, seeks to raise awareness and help efforts to end viral hepatitis, a condition marked by liver…

The World Health Organization (WHO) has prequalified the first self-test kit to detect the hepatitis C virus (HCV) in a home setting, marking…

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Vir Biotechnology’s request to conduct clinical testing in the U.S. of a combination of two investigational…

A team of researchers, backed by a grant totaling more than $3 million, will study the feasibility of a nationwide opt-out testing program to detect…

In ongoing proof-of-concept Phase 2a trials, Arbutus BioPharma’s imdusiran is showing an ability to possibly eliminate chronic hepatitis B infections when used in…