All the news Showing 10 of 30 articles from: Diagnosis and monitoringGet an RSS feed of these articles Show All news infohep newsEditors' picks from other sources Inexpensive interventions can boost engagement with key stages of viral hepatitis care continuum Michael Carter / 14 October 2016 Several cheap interventions can significantly boost engagement with the continuum of care for viral hepatitis, a systematic literature review and a series of meta-analyses published in The Lancet Infectious Diseases show. Programmes led by ... Hepatitis B testing should be done before hepatitis C treatment due to risk of HBV reactivation Liz Highleyman / 07 October 2016 People considering direct-acting antiviral (DAA) therapy for hepatitis C should first be tested for hepatitis B virus (HBV) and monitored throughout therapy, as elimination of hepatitis C virus (HCV) can lead to HBV ... Many people in the US with chronic hepatitis B not being properly monitored Michael Carter / 26 August 2016 Many people with chronic hepatitis B (CHB) virus infection have infrequent medical monitoring, according to US research published in the online edition of Clinical Infectious Diseases. Analysis of the records of over 2000 ... Survey shows more than 800,000 people in US have hepatitis B, half of them Asian Liz Highleyman / 23 February 2016 Although nearly 70 million people in the US have been vaccinated against hepatitis B virus (HBV), there are still 847,000 people with evidence of infection, about 400,000 of whom are Asian, according ... HBV not more prevalent among Hispanics vs. general US population Healio Hepatology / 11 January 2016 Routine screening for HBV should be standard practice, experts say Healio Hepatology / 09 February 2015 Enhanced liver fibrosis test predicted liver-related events in patients with chronic HBV Healio Hepatology / 04 February 2015 Hepatitis B testing and treatment rates are low among US veterans Liz Highleyman / 11 November 2014 Only 15% of US veterans have been tested for hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection, and among those who tested positive just one-quarter received antiviral treatment and 13% were screened for liver cancer ... New USPSTF Recommendation on Hepatitis B Screening for People at High-Risk US CDC / 28 May 2014 Task force seeks comments on draft of hepatitis B screening guidelines Healio Hepatology / 14 February 2014 ← Prev123Next → Other pages in this section Latest news All the news Hepatitis A Hepatitis B Transmission and prevention Diagnosis and monitoring Disease course and symptoms Treatment HIV and HBV HCV and HBV Hepatitis delta Living with HBV Hepatitis C Hepatitis D Hepatitis E Coronavirus NAFLD Treatment for hepatocellular carcinoma Transmission, epidemiology and prevention Health services, policy and advocacy Social issues Conference news Email bulletin archive