A group of advisers to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is preparing to vote on whether the agency should scrap ...

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

The nation’s top vaccine advisory panel is expected to debate on whether to delay the first dose of the hepatitis B shot on Thursday. The immunization, originally developed in Philadelphia and long ...

The first shot in the multi-dose vaccine has been recommended at birth for decades, but that could soon change.

Hepatitis B is a liver infection that inflames the organ and impacts its ability to function. It can be either acute (short-term) or chronic (long-term), and is estimated to impact between 880,000 ...

The CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices will discuss hepatitis b shots for newborns and updates to ...