The decision comes less than two weeks after a committee of advisers to the agency, whom Robert F. Kennedy Jr. appointed this ...

The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention officially abandoned universal hepatitis B vaccination for newborns on ...

IDPH reaffirms universal hepatitis B vaccine at birth to protect Illinois newborns from liver disease, following IL-IAC ...

Hepatitis B vaccines given at birth have essentially eliminated the disease in kids. A vote this week could upend that success.

The vaccine, which “virtually eliminated” the disease in children, will no longer be given at birth unless parents request it ...

Hepatitis B testing can show whether you have a current or past HBV infection and whether you have antibodies from a hepatitis B vaccine. Hepatitis B is a viral infection caused by the hepatitis B ...

The hepatitis B virus (HBV) affects the liver and can cause acute or chronic illness. The virus’s life cycle involves entering liver cells and producing new virus cells to trigger infections in other ...

Hepatitis B and herpes simplex virus are both sexually transmitted infections (STIs). However, they are not the same and develop due to different viruses. STIs spread from one person to another ...

If you or someone close to you has hepatitis B, you might have questions about the overall outlook. Here’s what you should know. Hepatitis B is an infection of the liver. Most of the time, it’s acute ...

On Dec. 17, the Illinois Department of Public Health reaffirmed its recommendation for a universal hepatitis B vaccination at birth.

Chronic hepatitis B (CHB) is a long-term infection of the liver caused by the hepatitis B virus (HBV). While acute hepatitis B infection is often resolved by the immune system, CHB occurs when the ...