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Prednisone bests anakinra, zinc for 90-day survival in severe alcohol-related hepatitis
WASHINGTON — Prednisone induced a higher 90-day survival rate and lower incidence of acute kidney injury compared with anakinra and zinc sulfate in patients with severe alcohol-associated hepatitis, according to late-breaking data.
Antiviral activity of VIR-2218 boosted by immunomodulators in treatment of chronic HBV
WASHINGTON — Pegylated interferon alpha potentiated the antiviral activity of VIR-2218 in a small subset of noncirrhotic patients with chronic hepatitis B, according to preliminary data presented at The Liver Meeting.
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Combined VIR-2218, VIR-3434 therapy reduces HBV surface antigen
WASHINGTON — Preliminary results showed combined VIR-2218 and VIR-3434 therapy reduced hepatitis B surface antigen with mild adverse events among a small subset of patients with chronic HBV infection.
Q&A: Expert discusses current state of hepatitis D, challenges in elimination efforts
Healio spoke with Meg Doherty, MD, MPH, PhD, Director Global HIV, Hepatitis and STI Programmes at WHO, about elimination efforts for hepatitis D, including how hepatitis D would be affected by WHO Global Hepatitis Elimination goals and what U.S. physician can do to help work towards hepatitis elimination.
COVID-19 impacts HDV screening, patient outcomes
The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted areas in which the medical community can improve patient care and access to treatment for numerous conditions, including hepatitis D virus.
Q&A: Hepatitis D screening, prevention in primary care
Healio spoke with John D. Scott, MD, MSc, FIDSA, chief digital health officer at UW Medicine, professor of allergy and infectious diseases at University of Washington and medical director at the Liver Clinic at Harborview Medical Center, to learn more about what PCPs can do to help prevent and screen for HDV.
Tenofovir-based PrEP could ‘markedly decrease’ HIV, HBV coinfection
The use of oral tenofovir-based PrEP for HIV prevention in hepatitis B-endemic countries and in high-risk populations could “markedly decrease” the number of HIV and HBV coinfections, researchers found in a review.
Despite global headway, Africa lags on eliminating mother-to-child HBV transmission
Although progress has been made in eliminating mother-to-child transmission of hepatitis B by 2030, 26% of countries have not introduced a birth dose into routine hepatitis B vaccination, noted data in Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report.
NASH ‘fastest growing cause’ of liver cancer death worldwide
Despite global declines in liver cancer mortality attributed to hepatitis B and C, liver cancer mortality rose sharply in the Americas, driven by an increase in nonalcoholic steatohepatitis, according to data published in Cell Metabolism.
VIDEO: ‘We need to do more’ to attain HBV elimination
In a Healio video exclusive, Chari Cohen, DrPH, MPH, president of the Hepatitis B Foundation, and Jeff Baxter, president and CEO of VBI Vaccines, shared insights on the latest efforts in HBV treatment and prevention.
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