The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) continues to recommend routine hepatitis B vaccination for all newborns. Some ...

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will not be held, ‌with no ⁠new dates announced, according to a spokesman ⁠for the ...

The history of the hepatitis B vaccine has been marked by controversies, from the ‘Australia antigen’ to the ‘Pediatric Tuskegee.’ ...

Hepatitis B vaccination at birth is safe and effective compared with a delayed first dose, according to new research.

The West Coast Health Alliance recommends the vaccine, despite the CDC's change in guidance last December.

The hepatitis B vaccine has emerged as the latest flashpoint as Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. continues to cast doubt on the safety of vaccines. The vaccine is routinely given to babies ...

Before the United States began vaccinating all infants at birth with the hepatitis B vaccine in 1991, around 18,000 children every year contracted the virus before their 10th birthday – about half of ...

Hepatitis B vaccinations for Oregon newborns fell to 82% in 2024 from 86% in 2022, while birth parent screening also having ...

By Michael Erman and Julie Steenhuysen Feb 19 (Reuters) - A U.S. vaccine advisory committee meeting scheduled for later this ...

By Jessica Donati Feb 18 (Reuters) - Guinea-Bissau's foreign minister has said his government has stopped a study funded by the Trump administration aiming to evaluate side effects of the life-saving ...

Over the past four years, health officials at the Oregon Health Authority (OHA) have tracked a small but significant drop in newborn hepatitis B vaccination, at the same time they’ve documented a drop ...