“Every year, more than 800,000 people worldwide die from hepatitis-B-related liver disease — a greater toll than from malaria. But efforts to curb transmission and discover a cure are picking up steam.”
Article Features & Comment
- Hepatitis B: The fight against an infectious liver disease pivots from control to eradication
Herb Brody - Closing in on a cure for hepatitis B: Finite courses of treatment could get the virus under control — with the right combination of drugs
Elie Dolgin - Developing a cure for chronic hepatitis B requires a fresh approach: The prevailing dogma for drug development is insufficient; it’s time to recentre efforts around the immune system
Matteo Iannacone & Luca G. Guidotti - How to stop mother-to-child transmission of hepatitis B: The global effort to eliminate the disease depends heavily on blocking the most common mode of viral infection
Liam Drew - Simplify access to hepatitis B care: Overhauling the guidelines for who has access to testing and treatment would lower costs and improve patient outcomes
Margaret Hellard & Jessica Howell
- Destigmatizing hepatitis B: Around the world, people with the disease are marginalized. Now, patients are finding a voice to push back and demand an end to discrimination and isolation
Claire Ainsworth - Facing the challenge of eliminating hepatitis B: Public-health expert Corinna Dan charts a course to free the United States from the virus
Eric Bender
- The global fight against hepatitis B is benefitting some parts of the world more than others: Uneven access to health-care resources is complicating the drive to eliminate this viral infection
Emily Sohn - Africa’s struggle with hepatitis B: The viral disease is widespread on the continent, but many countries lack the resources to heighten awareness and treat patients
Linda Nordling
- Why hepatitis B hits Aboriginal Australians especially hard: Often geographically isolated and without access to good health care, Indigenous people have a higher chance of contracting the disease than do other populations. They’re also prone to a viral variant that has proved difficult to treat
Benjamin Plackett
- Hepatitis B and the liver cancer endgame: More than half of the world’s cases of liver cancer are due to viral liver infections. Detecting and treating hepatitis B could help to reverse the global increase in fatal liver cancer
Kristina Campbell
- Research round-up: hepatitis B: Genomic jigsaws, timely vaccinations and other highlights from studies about hepatitis B
Jyoti Madhusoodanan
- Charting a new frontier in chronic hepatitis B research to improve lives worldwide
- Addressing the unmet need for a functional cure for chronic hepatitis B