Clinicians and epidemiologists warn the decision could unravel decades of progress and expose newborns to a deadly, ...

The CDC's vaccine advisory committee voted Dec. 5 to stop recommending all newborns get the hepatitis B vaccine at birth, a ...

A vaccine panel led by HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has voted to end the recommendation for hepatitis B shots for all ...

A growing numbers of states are preparing to either maintain the old standard for the hepatitis B vaccine or chart their own ...

Hepatitis B is a viral infection that attacks the liver and can lead to both acute and chronic illness. It can cause ...

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s vaccine panel on Thursday delayed a vote on the hepatitis B vaccine for newborns.

How a new recommendation on hepatitis B vaccination could add confusion for families and limit protection against other ...

Most Democratic-led states will continue to recommend the hepatitis B vaccine at birth, despite a CDC advisory panel’s vote ...

Relying on testing to guide vaccination recalls an approach the United States tried in the 1980s and early ’90s that still led to thousands of cases of hepatitis B among children every year.

The overwhelming majority of physicians support hepatitis vaccination, despite a recent CDC panel recommendation, write R.I.

Paul Offit of Children's Hospital of Philadelphia parses wording of CDC invitation to speak at vaccine advisory committee ...

In addition, it has been scientifically shown there is no safety, efficacy or long-term benefit to delaying the vaccine. In ...