Raymond Chung, MD

Chronic hepatitis B remains highly prevalent yet chronically underdiagnosed in the United States. This episode reviews global and domestic epidemiology, new universal screening guidance, and a health-system model built to close the gap.

Chronic hepatitis B is often framed purely as a viral disease, but immune suppression from surface antigen excess is central to how it behaves. This episode examines why targeting that immune dimension is essential to curing it.