RFK Jr.'s vaccine panel is considering a return to a public health strategy that was abandoned more than three decades ago.

Ahead of a key meeting amongst the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) vaccine advisors -- now with 12 members hand-picked by health secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr. -- doctors, health officials and advocates are raising alarms that the panel ...

HEPATITIS D Hepatitis D is a defective virus, occurring only in patients with HBV infection. Approximately 70,000 people are infected with HDV in the United States. 7 Typical patients include IV drug users and their sexual partners. Less frequently, infection is seen in hemophiliacs and homosexuals.

U.S. health officials said as many as 109 cases of a mysterious and severe liver disease in children are under investigation. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention put out a new alert for doctors to be on the lookout for surprising cases of hepatitis.

The World Health Organization reported Friday that there are at least 650 cases of sudden and unexplained hepatitis in young children under investigation in 33 countries, an increase of about 36 cases over the last international update, about a week ago.

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Illinois has nine potential cases of severe hepatitis in children under 10, health officials said. That number is up from just three cases reported last month. The cases date back to January, and the most recent had the onset of symptoms ...

Massachusetts health officials are warning that a hepatitis A outbreak has hit the state, and it resembles a similar outbreak that occurred several years ago. Ten cases have been confirmed since Sept. 1 of this year, with more than half occurring since Nov ...