Vaccine advisers to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention may vote this week to make a major change to the childhood vaccine schedule, potentially delaying a dose of the hepatitis B vaccin...

A federal vaccine advisory committee convened Thursday in Atlanta to discuss whether newborns should still get the hepatitis B vaccine on the day they’re born.

"When vaccination is delayed, whether by months or by years, we see predictable and preventable increases in new infections, chronic disease, liver cancer, and related deaths; these findings show how ...