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.

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 ...

On Dec. 5, a federal vaccine advisory panel voted to change the long-standing recommendation that all newborns receive a dose ...

WACO, Texas (KWTX) - The CDC has pulled back its decades-old recommendation of vaccinating all newborns against the hepatitis ...

The overwhelming majority of physicians support hepatitis vaccination, despite a recent CDC panel recommendation, write R.I.

After the federal advisory committee voted to delay infant vaccination for a disease that causes liver injury, local doctors ...

A long-standing US health practice — giving every newborn the hepatitis B vaccine at birth — is now under review. A CDC ...

Following the news that the CDC is halting its recommendation of the Hepatitis B vaccine for infants under 2 months old, many are wondering why.

Hepatitis B immunoglobulin (HBIG) injections can provide short-term protection against the hepatitis B virus. They may benefit people who have experienced recent exposure. Some people get acute ...

Maryland health officials urge hepatitis B vaccination at birth to prevent serious liver disease and cancer later in life.

CDC committee recommendations to no longer vaccinate all infants at birth doesn't sit well with pediatricians. They want you ...

If someone presents you with a hepatitis B declination form, you might have some questions about it and the hepatitis B vaccine more generally. Hepatitis B is an infection of the liver due to the ...