In this study, researchers investigated the potential impacts of “shared decision-making” replacing universal HBV birth-dose vaccination on neonatal and later chronic HBV infections.

The revised guidelines also will lead to more than $20 million in extra health care costs, the research shows.

US model study suggests a targeted hepatitis B birth-dose strategy could increase neonatal infections unless screening and ...

HBV infection at birth or during early infancy can lead to lifelong health problems such as chronic liver disease and liver ...

The hepatitis B vaccine has emerged as the latest flashpoint as Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. continues to cast doubt on the safety of vaccines. The vaccine is routinely given to babies ...

WASHINGTON — The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices voted to approve new recommendations delaying the child hepatitis B vaccine for infants Friday, providing a win for the Make America ...

The lesson from the past is simple. When we stop using vaccines that work, the diseases they prevent come back.

CLEVELAND - A family physician pressed Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Thursday on one of the most contentious decisions of his tenure — the rollback of a longstanding ...

The Center for Disease Control recently attracted national attention for ending its long-standing recommendation that all newborns receive a standard hepatitis B vaccination. Much less discussion ...

The Trump administration is continuing its push to revise federal guidelines to delay the hepatitis B vaccine newborn dose for most children. This comes despite a failed attempt to do so at the most ...

Immunity to hepatitis B virus (HBV) induced through vaccination may offer protection against diabetes. In a study, researchers found that individuals with no prior HBV infection but with measurable ...