For decades, newborns in the U.S. have been given the hepatitis B vaccine. This could change. A CDC vaccine advisory panel ...

The best way to prevent hepatitis B infection is vaccination. The vaccines are highly effective at preventing infection in infants and for long-term protection into adulthood.

World Hepatitis Day is July 28 and aims to raise awareness of the different types of hepatitis and what a diagnosis may mean for patients. Boiling Springs Family Medicine physician Dr. Chad Jumper ...

Dr. Baruch Blumberg, a federal scientist, identified the virus behind the infection in 1965. He won the Nobel Prize for the discovery, which led to tests and vaccines. The first hepatitis B vaccine ...

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is investigating mysterious cases of hepatitis among young children. In 109 cases since October being investigated, five children died and several ...

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

As the WHO continues its investigation into an outbreak of severe, acute hepatitis of unknown origin in children aged 1 month to 16 years, more questions than answers remain. Healio spoke with John W.

The childhood vaccine schedule in the United States could soon see major changes, with Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s handpicked ...

DEAR MAYO CLINIC: My brother was diagnosed with hepatitis C two years ago. Our family hopes to destigmatize the condition and encourage others to get tested. What causes hepatitis C? How can it be ...

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