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

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

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

A federal vaccine advisory committee this week is expected to discuss whether newborns should still get the hepatitis B ...

Vaccine skeptics could see a significant win this week as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s vaccine advisory ...

As hepatitis B research progresses, achieving higher functional cure rates is becoming more feasible. It is vital that ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Adults with HBV immunity have 15% lower risk for diabetes than those who do not have immunity. The risk for ...

Hepatitis B vaccines given at birth have essentially eliminated the disease in kids. A vote this week could upend that ...

But without a birth dose, about 90% of newborns who are infected perinatally will develop chronic HBV infection -- and ...

Background: The duration of protection after hepatitis B vaccination of infants is unknown. Methods: We determined antibody to hepatitis B surface antigen (anti-HBs) at 4-13 years of age in 363 low ...

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

A new review of more than 400 studies spanning 40 years finds no evidence that delaying the universal hepatitis B vaccine ...