Health secretary Robert Kennedy has questioned the safety of the vaccine and has downplayed the risk of contracting the virus ...

As hepatitis B research progresses, achieving higher functional cure rates is becoming more feasible. It is vital that ...

This week the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) will consider delaying the infant hepatitis B (HepB) birth ...

The federal vaccine advisory panel for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Thursday moved to reschedule ...

A new review of more than 400 studies spanning 40 years finds no evidence that delaying the universal hepatitis B vaccine ...

Vaccine advisers to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention may vote this week to make a major change to the ...

The universal recommendation to vaccinate newborns against Hep B is up for reconsideration when the CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices meets today and Friday.

The hepatitis B virus infects around 250 million people worldwide, and is transmitted through blood and bodily fluids. It is commonly transferred from mother to baby during birth. However the virus ...

Hepatitis B poses health risks for pregnant people and their babies. These include virus transmission from parent to newborn, preterm labor, and hepatitis B complications in pregnant people. Testing ...

A University of Minnesota-led review is urging federal health advisers to maintain a longstanding immunization strategy that ...

The influential vaccine advisory committee that Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. remade to ...

Chronic hepatitis B occurs when the body cannot eliminate the hepatitis B virus following an acute infection. Having chronic (or lifelong) hepatitis B can increase a person’s risk of developing ...