A CDC panel is reconsidering the birth dose for the hepatitis B vaccine. Renewed doubt could lead to fewer kids getting ...

An independent review released on Tuesday by vaccine experts of more than 400 studies and reports found that long-standing ...

But without a birth dose, about 90% of newborns who are infected perinatally will develop chronic HBV infection -- and ...

Comments by President Trump, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and some panelists suggest the committee is likely to ...

New Jersey was joined by six other states backing the hepatitis B guidance under a coalition called the Northeast Public ...

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s hand-picked vaccine advisory committee will vote later this week on whether to delay ...

As vaccine policy uncertainty reaches a new level in the U.S., the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC’s) team ...

Delaying the timing of vaccinating infants against hepatitis B — which ACIP could vote on later this week — would likely lead ...

The CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices will discuss hepatitis b shots for newborns and updates to ...

For decades, the childhood and adolescent immunization schedule has called for administering vaccines at set milestones.

The review was carried out and released by the Vaccine Integrity Project, which is dedicated to bolstering vaccines in the U.S.

Babies can contract Hepatitis B from their mothers during childbirth, even if the mother doesn’t know she’s infected. Infants ...