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Plus: Over 10 prevention services related to hepatitis, HIV and sexually transmitted infections covered by the Affordable Care Act.

Diabetes and a large waist circumference are predictors of liver fat accumulation and fibrosis.

The Pennsylvania law increases penalties for spitting on a police officer and committing actions that could transmit HIV, hep B and more.

The antiviral treatment is safe and effective for pediatric patients ages 12 and up.

Signed at a Fast-Track Cities conference, the Sevilla Declaration urges “the centrality of affected communities in urban HIV responses.”

Nearly all HIV-positive study participants achieved protective antibody levels after two doses of Heplisav-B.

The primary cause of liver disease progression may not be what researchers had previously thought.

Over the past decade, deaths related to HBV rose significantly in West Virginia and Kentucky.

Many people living with hepatitis B and C don’t know it.

Egypt’s hepatitis elimination campaign inspired nearly 60 million people to get screened.

Congress members write to Biden, pushing for the Department of Defense to allow people with HIV and hepatitis B to enlist in the military.

Insurers should allow co-pay assistance to count as out-of-pocket spending, claims HHS lawsuit by HIV, hepatitis and diabetes advocates.

The risk of HCC fell further as cumulative antihistamine use rose in people with HBV, HCV or both.

The roadmap includes improved strategies for vaccination, screening and follow-up care.

Liver cancer is now less likely to be caused by hepatitis B or C, but more likely to be caused by fatty liver disease or alcohol.

People with HIV are at greater risk for hepatitis B but are less likely to get vaccinated and respond to vaccines.