Updated US guidelines for the hepatitis B vaccine in newborns: What they say and why they’re controversial
Vaccine advisers to the CDC voted to postpone immunization in specific cases, a decision that has raised concerns among experts
Dengue, Oropouche fever, chikungunya: an epidemiological crisis has Cuba on edge
Authorities attribute the situation to the hot, rainy months, when the mosquitoes that transmit the virus increase in number. But Cubans say that systemic neglect has led them to this situation
Genetically modified pig liver transplanted into a living person for the first time
The auxiliary graft functioned well for the first month, but had to be removed due to complications. The 71-year-old patient, who suffered from cirrhosis and liver cancer, died four months later
Charles Rice, Nobel Prize winner in Medicine: ‘It’s a crime that a drug exists that could cure everyone yet not everybody has access to it’
The virologist, awarded for his part in the discovery of the hepatitis C virus, has helped save the lives of millions of people
Ramón Bataller, hepatologist: ‘The combination of alcohol and cocaine is explosive and many young people are paying for it’
The researcher, a global liver damage expert, sounds the alarm over our limited awareness of the connection between drug consumption and rising death rates
Three-pronged treatment improves prognosis for inoperable liver cancer
Two independent studies reveal that disease progression is delayed by combining two targeted therapies with the traditional approach that cuts off tumor nutrition pathways
Why these two questions are key to detecting alcohol problems
The line between social drinking and dependency is very thin and can easily be missed
Hepatitis E: Spanish researchers discover the largest series of human cases of rat-borne virus
A center in Córdoba is leading a European study to determine the incidence of the disease, transmitted by rodents and the first diagnosis of which occurred in 2018 in Hong Kong