Federal vaccine advisers to Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. voted in December to recommend delaying the first shot ...

The decision by the Center for Disease Control and Prevention to stop recommending giving infants a dose of the hepatitis B ...

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

Two new studies published this week in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) demonstrate that delaying ...

Researchers found that the decision to delay the once-universal hepatitis B shot for babies will likely cause a surge in ...

Amid policy shifts and a rise in misinformation fueling vaccine hesitancy, fewer infants in the U.S. are receiving the ...

The Trump administration’s recommendation against universal hepatitis B vaccination for babies on the day they’re born could ...

New research warns that missing the hepatitis B vaccine at birth sharply reduces the likelihood of infants completing the full series, raising future infection risks. The findings come as the CDC’s ...

New studies warn delaying the hepatitis B birth dose could leave more babies vulnerable to infection and long-term illness.

Policy that recommends offering hep B vaccine at birth only to babies perceived to be at risk will lead to increased numbers ...

Hepatitis B is a viral infection of the liver. It can resolve without treatment, or it may worsen and cause cirrhosis or liver cancer. A vaccine against the hepatitis B virus has been available since ...