Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s vaccine advisers will vote this week on whether to delay hepatitis B shots for most American children ...

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

Vaccine advisers to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention may vote this week to make a major change to the ...

A group of advisers at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention could reverse a long-standing recommendation that every ...

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s hand-picked vaccine advisory committee will vote later this week on whether to delay ...

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

Advisers to the Centers for Disease Control Prevention will scrutinize the childhood vaccine schedule and may start to upend ...

Dr. Baruch Blumberg, a federal scientist, identified the virus behind the infection in 1965. He won the Nobel Prize for the ...

Hepatitis B is a potentially fatal liver disease. It spreads through contact with bodily fluids, and certain groups including health care workers and IV drug users are at higher risk. Anyone can be ...

Healthcare professionals administer the hepatitis A vaccine in two doses. They give the first dose when the infant is between 12 and 23 months old and the second dose 6 months after the first. The ...

Hepatitis B prevention methods involve medical screening, vaccination, and following safe practices. Good hygiene practices such as washing hands and using condoms with sexual partners are essential ...

The American Hospital Association and several hospital systems are suing the Trump Administration over an upcoming 340B pilot ...