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 first shot in the multi-dose vaccine has been recommended at birth for decades, but that could soon change.

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

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

A federal vaccine advisory panel voted Friday to end its decades-old recommendation that all babies be vaccinated at birth ...

President Donald Trump publicly backed a vaccine advisory panel's decision to reverse decades of longstanding medical ...

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

Calonge said that means the shot will still be covered by state regulated insurance companies. You can tell if that includes ...

Hepatitis B is a liver infection that inflames the organ and impacts its ability to function. It can be either acute (short-term) or chronic (long-term), and is estimated to impact between 880,000 and ...

The change upends decades of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidance and goes against widespread public health ...

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

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