For decades, newborns in the U.S. have been given the hepatitis B vaccine. This could change. A CDC vaccine advisory panel ...

A CDC panel decided to end the universal birth dose of a hepatitis B vaccine for newborns, with some officials pointing to ...

Hepatitis doesn’t always announce itself. While hepatitis A often comes on abruptly, as with a bad stomach bug, most cases of ...

The Maryland Department of Health is highlighting the importance of the hepatitis B vaccine for all newborns, despite a recent vote to change the recommendation for when children should get their ...

Hospitals for decades have provided babies their first hepatitis B vaccine. Now doctors' offices might administer the shot.

Since roughly 1991, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has recommended all babies get a dose of the hepatitis B vaccine at birth. The CDC committee that helps set vaccine policy voted ...

As RFK Jr.'s new vaccine panel ponders changing the hepatitis B vaccination schedule, some doctors recall past patients, ...

Spokane pediatrician Dr. Sarah d’Hulst has “basically never” treated a baby with hepatitis B. She fears that may change soon.

Public health officials warned that the decision by advisers picked by RFK Jr. will result in more infants being infected and experiencing lifelong liver diseases.

The best way to prevent hepatitis B infection is vaccination. The vaccines are highly effective at preventing infection in ...

A CDC advisory group is meeting today and preparing to vote on whether newborns should still get a hepatitis B vaccine within ...

Hepatitis B vaccines given at birth have essentially eliminated the disease in kids. A vote this week could upend that ...