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Nigeria has enrolled over 6.5 million pregnant women in a groundbreaking program to prevent mother-to-child transmission of HIV, hepatitis B, and syphilis. The achievement marks the country's largest-ever effort to protect newborns from preventable diseases.
A team of scientists across five countries just received $24 million to pursue something 300 million people are waiting for: a cure for hepatitis B. The five-year project brings together researchers from Brazil, India, Senegal, Uganda, and the United States to turn laboratory discoveries into real treatments.
A team of researchers across five countries just received $24 million to find a cure for hepatitis B, a virus that affects 300 million people worldwide. The five-year effort could finally bring hope to millions living with a disease that currently has no cure.
A simple fingerstick test for hepatitis B is just as accurate as traditional lab testing, and delivers results in 60 minutes instead of days. This breakthrough could save lives by bringing testing to remote communities where 254 million people worldwide need better access to care.
Australian researchers proved a simple fingerstick test detects hepatitis B as accurately as lab tests, delivering results in just one hour instead of weeks. The breakthrough could bring lifesaving treatment to 254 million people worldwide who lack access to testing.
A new treatment for one of the deadliest forms of viral hepatitis just got approved in China, offering hope to 12 million people worldwide who had almost no options. The drug, developed entirely in China from discovery to delivery, blocks both hepatitis B and D viruses from entering liver cells.