The vaccine, which “virtually eliminated” the disease in children, will no longer be given at birth unless parents request it ...
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) rescinded its long-standing advice on universal hepatitis B ...
Instead of giving the first dose of the Hepatitis B vaccine, doctors will have discussions with mothers who test negative.
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention officially abandoned universal hepatitis B vaccination for newborns on ...
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration on Tuesday adopted its vaccine advisory committee’s recommendation to end the ...
The acting CDC director adopted controversial guidance from the agency's advisory panel, upending a decadeslong policy. The ...
On Dec. 5, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices voted to end the universal U.S. recommendation for the newborn dose of the hepatitis B vaccine, ...
Early in her career, Dr. Kanika Cunningham cared for a pregnant patient who didn't know she had Hepatitis B when she went into labor. When the infection was discovered during delivery, Cunningham was ...
This has been two weeks of particular craziness in health care, in which everyone, on all sides, did their level best at missing the boat. First, our friends at CDC’s Advisory Committee on ...