A federal advisory panel recommended stopping hepatitis B vaccines in newborns immediately after birth, the standard protocol for more than 30 years.

A majority — eight members — voted that women who have tested negative for hepatitis B should consult with clinicians on when ...

Dr. Chari Cohen, president of the Hepatitis B Foundation, says there is no scientific basis for scaling back newborn hepatitis B shots.

The characteristics of the 681 study subjects are shown in Table 1. The majority (62.1%) of subjects were male. The mean age at enrollment was 15.58 years and the mean time interval from the reception ...

A panel of advisors to the CDC has voted to change the current recommendation that all newborns should start to receive the three-shot hepatitis b vaccine shortly after birth.

Medical personnel accidentally exposed to blood from patients who had acute hepatitis or carried hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) were assigned randomly to receive two injections one month apart of ...

A seroprotective response to a challenge dose of hepatitis B vaccine was seen in more than 90% of study participants who received the vaccine as infants, according to recent study findings published ...

BOSTON — In a study from the National Institutes of Health of healthcare workers (HCWs) previously vaccinated against hepatitis B virus (HBV) as adults, antibody titers to HBV surface antigen ...

Engerix-B (hepatitis B vaccine [recombinant]) is a prescription vaccine that’s used to help prevent hepatitis B. Engerix-B comes as a liquid suspension for intramuscular injection. Engerix-B is used ...

Given the nature of their work, students engaged in health professional training programs could have a higher risk of contracting Rubeola, Rubella, Mumps, Tetanus, Diphtheria, Varicella, Tuberculosis, ...

During recent years, numerous attempts have been made in this laboratory to devise a serologic test for hepatitis. The demonstration of a specific hemagglutinin in the serums of monkeys with yellow ...