The CDC’s vaccine advisory panel has delayed a vote on the hepatitis B vaccine for newborns, prompting local health officials ...

New Illinois Vaccine guidelines will require insurers to cover state-recommended shots, but health officials say cost ...

The virus is found in blood, saliva, semen and other bodily fluids, even tears, and it can live on surfaces for up to seven ...

For decades, the government has advised that all babies be vaccinated against the liver infection right after birth. The shots are widely considered to be a public health success for preventing ...

Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Marty Makary sits down with NBC News’ Anne Thompson to discuss the hepatitis B ...

New members of the CDC vax advisory committee (ACIP) are opposed to newborn Hepatitis B vaccine, believing them not needed ...

The CDC's vaccine safety panel is setting up a work group to review the five vaccines recommended to pregnant women.

A panel of US vaccine advisors will vote Friday on whether to rescind guidance that all newborns should receive a hepatitis B ...

Western Mass News spoke with a local pediatrician on what this could mean for the future of children’s health.

In a meeting punctuated by conflict and confusion, the independent vaccine advisers to the US Centers for Disease Control and ...

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has said, without strong evidence, that the hepatitis B shot for babies is a “likely culprit” in autism ...

A CDC advisory panel met Thursday to debate changing the recommended birth dose of the hepatitis B vaccine, potentially ...