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 ...

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

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) first recommended vaccinating all babies against hepatitis B at birth in ...

Doctors urge ACIP to protect Pa. children from hepatitis B | Opinion

Shapiro Administration physicians urge CDC and RFK Jr. vaccine panel to reaffirm recommendations for hepatitis B vaccination, ...

The Virus That Took My Father Could Become a Greater Threat

My father didn’t know it, but by the time his urine had turned dark, the color of tea, he had only a month or so to live.
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Expert review finds delaying the hepatitis B vaccine birth dose would increase chronic infections in kids

Delaying the timing of vaccinating infants against hepatitis B — which ACIP could vote on later this week — would likely lead ...

RFK Jr.’s vaccine advisers plan biggest change yet to childhood schedule

The new chair of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices said the panel plans to vote to end universal hepatitis B ...