Liver/Biliary Disorders News

Despite the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic, WHO has not yet changed their elimination targets for viral hepatitis, nor should they.

Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, WHO set a target to eliminate viral hepatitis around the world by 2030. But, as focus necessarily turned toward the pandemic, the organization seems to now doubt viral hepatitis elimination goals will be met.

Alcohol use disorder correlated with a higher risk for in-hospital mortality among patients with inflammatory bowel disease, according to a presentation at Digestive Disease Week.

Outcomes have improved significantly among HIV/Hepatitis C virus-coinfected liver transplant recipients in the direct-acting antiviral era, according to data presented at the Digestive Disease Week.

Patients with cirrhosis had a higher abundance of beta-lactamase, vancomycin and quinolone genes in their gut microbiota compared with patients with inflammatory bowel disease, chronic kidney disease and diabetes, according to a presentation from Digestive Diseases Week.

Prevalence of fatty liver in the United States increased significantly between 1999 and 2016 with high- and moderate-risk groups also growing, according to a presentation at Digestive Diseases Week.

Researchers reported a significant increase in alcohol-related liver disease diagnoses amid the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic, according to a presentation at Digestive Disease Week.

During the pandemic, 40% of people with liver disease worried about their mental health, according to the British Liver Trust.

Genfit, in association with Labcorp, announced the launch of a noninvasive nonalcoholic steatohepatitis test for at-risk patients, according to a press release.

Despite ongoing COVID-19 infection control restrictions, volumes of inpatient consults for alcohol-related gastrointestinal and liver diseases had significantly decreased at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, but quickly returned to normal levels, according to an expert presentation during a press conference in advance of Digestive Diseases Week.