Acute Hepatitis Infection

CDC Panel Set to Vote on Hepatitis B Vaccine for Newborns

CDC advisers could reverse newborn hepatitis B vaccine recommendations

A group of advisers to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is preparing to vote on whether the agency should scrap its long-standing recommendation that every baby get a hepatitis B vaccina...

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Vaccinating newborns against hepatitis B saves lives. Why might a CDC panel stop recommending it?

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What to Know: CDC Panel Set to Vote on Hepatitis B Vaccine for Newborns

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Doctors warn delaying hepatitis B shot for newborns could revive a deadly threat

A Centers for Disease Control and Prevention vaccine advisory panel appointed by Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is scheduled to discuss and vote on the hepatitis B birth dos...

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CDC's vaccine advisers meet to question long-used vaccines

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Expert review finds delaying the hepatitis B vaccine birth dose would increase chronic infections in kids

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Kennedy’s Anti-Vaccine Campaign Could Take Its Biggest Step Thursday. What to Expect.

The Trump administration is refocusing on RFK Jr.’s vaccine priorities. The CDC vaccine committee will vote again on hepatitis B guidelines.

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The Journey To Hepatitis B Elimination Through Innovation, Early Testing, And Scientific Discovery

As hepatitis B research progresses, achieving higher functional cure rates is becoming more feasible. It is vital that policymakers set clear elimination targets for hepatitis B, coordinate efforts, enhance surveillance, and create supportive regulatory environments to support this.

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Data Support First Approved Treatment for Acute Hepatitis C

Glecaprevir/pibrentasvir cleared infection in nearly all patients in a global phase IIIb s

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Mavyret Indication Expanded to Include Treatment of Acute Hepatitis C Virus

Findings showed that in patients treated with glecaprevir/pibrentasvir, the overall SVR12 rate was 96%, with 0 patients experiencing virologic failure. The Food and ...

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Child Hepatitis Cases Linked to Viral Co-Infection

Between April 5 and May 26 of 2022, hundreds of cases of viral hepatitis in children were diagnosed in 33 countries, according to the World Health Organization. Compared with previous outbreaks of viral hepatitis in children, these cases were especially ...

Hepatitis B infant shot: Health experts concerned over potential changes in vaccine panel's guidance

The advisory committee charged with recommending childhood vaccines is considering changes in the Hepatitis B vaccine this week.

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Acute hepatitis and adenovirus infection among pediatric patients in Alabama

A new study published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) today, "Acute Hepatitis and Adenovirus Infection Among Children - Alabama, October 2021–February 2022" provides additional clinical and epidemiologic information from an ...