The committee previously tabled a vote on whether to delay the hepatitis B vaccine that is given to newborns. The revamped ...

Public health experts warn any delay to the newborn dose of the hepatitis B vaccine could threaten decades of progress.

Working out of a tribal-owned hospital in Anchorage, Alaska, liver specialist Brian McMahon has spent decades treating the ...

The CDC's vaccine advisory committee could vote this week to change hepatitis B vaccine recommendations for children. Here's ...

Rates of the disease have fallen since 1991, when all newborns began receiving the shot. President Trump recently said he thought children should not get it until age 12. By Dani Blum In the latest ...

A key federal vaccine advisory panel whose members were recently replaced by Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is expected to vote to recommend delaying until age 4 the ...

Comments by President Trump, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and some panelists suggest the committee is likely to ...

A key federal vaccine advisory panel whose members were recently replaced by Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is expected to vote to recommend delaying, until age 4, the hepatitis B vaccine that ...

It's unusual for presidents to give out medical advice. But in a White House press briefing earlier this week, President Trump questioned the wisdom of vaccinating all newborns against hepatitis B.

Medically reviewed by Patricia Mikula, PharmD Key Takeaways Most people who get the hepatitis B vaccine have protection for ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s vaccine panel voted on new guidance for immunizations. Debra Houry, the agency’s former chief medical officer, explains her concerns for public health ...