EASL-ESCMID Position Paper: Patients with advanced liver disease and transplant recipients require specific care during COVID-19
The European Association for the Study of the Liver (EASL) and the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ESCMID) have issued a Position Paper, providing recommendations for clinicians caring for…
BioMed Alliance submits Joint Statement to EU leaders, as COVID-19 threatens medical associations
Subsequent to the disruption caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, EASL and 32 other leading European medical associations – together forming the Biomedical Alliance in Europe (BioMed Alliance) – have submitted a joint…
JHEP Reports indexed in PubMed Central
We are delighted to announce that JHEP Reports has been accepted for indexing in PubMed Central after less than one year of publication, reflecting the high quality of the journal and the…
EASL supports new COVID-Hep registry on patients with COVID-19
EASL encourages healthcare professionals to share the EASL supported COVID-Hep registry among its networks. The registry was launched at the University of Oxford, UK in March 2020, to collect data on patients,…
Review summarises liver injury from human coronavirus infections, including SARS-CoV-2
A review published in Liver International journal summarises the characteristics and mechanism of liver injury caused by three highly pathogenic human coronavirus infections: severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus (SARS‐CoV), Middle East respiratory…
EASL postpones ILC 2020 until August
13 March 2020 Given the ongoing developments with COVID-19, EASL has postponed the International Liver CongressTM (ILC 2020) that was scheduled for 15-19 April 2020 in London. Having reviewed the situation, and…
US Task Force issues recommendation on screening adults aged 18-79 for hepatitis C, no matter their risk
On 2 March 2020, the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force published a final recommendation statement on screening for hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection in adolescents and adults. It recommends screening all adults…