On Dec. 5, a federal vaccine advisory panel voted to change the long-standing recommendation that all newborns receive a dose ...

Learn why the hepatitis B vaccine is recommended for newborns and how it protects infants from a potentially deadly liver ...

A key vaccine advisory panel has changed its recommendation for the Hepatitis B vaccine. The panel now suggests parents decide individually for babies born to mothers who test negative for Hepatitis B ...

A federal vaccine advisory committee this week is expected to discuss whether newborns should still get the hepatitis B vaccine — the first shot found to prevent cancer.Federal health recommendations ...

His handpicked ‘experts’ just voted to roll back hepatitis B vaccine guidelines—and reverse a historic public health victory.

For more than 30 years, US health authorities have recommended that all newborns receive the hepatitis B vaccine within 24 hours of birth, US News, Times Now ...

Hepatitis B is most often acquired through contact with body fluids from an infected person. It can also be transmitted via needlestick injury, tattooing and piercing.

Under the direction of Robert F. Kennedy Jr., federal health officials have changed guidance on hepatitis B vaccines, ...

US health secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr has questioned the safety of the vaccine and downplayed the risk of contracting the virus.

Hepatitis B is a viral infection that impacts the liver. To test for hepatitis B, a doctor can perform a blood test that detects hepatitis B surface antigens. A positive result indicates a hepatitis B ...

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 U.S. government has long advised that all babies be immunized against hepatitis B right after birth. But on Friday, a ...