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

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is no longer recommending giving all infants a dose of 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 ...

“This recommendation reflects ACIP’s rigorous review of the available evidence,” said Acting Director of the CDC and Deputy ...

The Trump administration has awarded a $1.6 million, no-bid contract a Danish university to study hepatitis B vaccinations on newborns in Africa.

Vaccinating babies for hepatitis B at birth remains one of the clearest, most evidence-based ways to keep American children ...

Maternity hospitals across the country will now play a significant role in whether babies will universally be vaccinated ...

The acting CDC director adopted controversial guidance from the agency's advisory panel, upending a decadeslong policy. The ...

Hepatitis C is a tiny virus with a significant impact. It's a small RNA virus that spreads through the blood and infects the liver. Even though today's medicines can cure it, hepatitis C remains a ...

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

Clinicians and epidemiologists warn the decision could unravel decades of progress and expose newborns to a deadly, ...

John Ellis had barely heard of hepatitis B when he was diagnosed with the potentially fatal disease at age 16.