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

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.

U.S. vaccine advisers on Friday scrapped a long-standing recommendation that all American newborns receive the hepatitis B ...

The CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, with members appointed by RFK Jr., voted to change longstanding ...

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.

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

The CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunizations Practices on Friday morning voted to delay giving most children their first ...

Public health experts warn any delay to the newborn dose of the hepatitis B vaccine could threaten decades of progress.