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

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

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

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 ...

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s panel of federal vaccine advisors is set to discuss and potentially vote on changing the hepatitis B vaccine schedule for infants when they ...

In a commentary published in Gastroenterology, leading experts urge that all newborns in the United States continue to receive the first dose of hepatitis B vaccine within 24 hours of birth. Hepatitis ...

Nov 6 (Reuters) - A group of independent U.S. vaccine experts said on Thursday it plans to review existing data on administering the hepatitis B shot at birth, months after a federal panel postponed a ...

As India debates the inclusion of the typhoid conjugate vaccine in its Universal Immunisation Programme, it is time to ask whether Hepatitis A — a growing cause of acute liver failure — deserves even ...

Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.) on Sunday said he is “very concerned” about the possibility of changing the hepatitis B vaccine schedule for infants in the United States. Health and Human Services Secretary ...

A new Ohio bill would remove the hepatitis B vaccine requirement for children in childcare and preschool. The legislation also aims to prevent public schools from excluding unvaccinated students ...

Nov 12 (Reuters) - The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's vaccine advisory committee is scheduled to meet on December 4 and 5, and could vote on policy concerning shots for hepatitis B, ...

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s key vaccine panel will reconvene in December to again weigh changes to the long-standing childhood immunization schedule. The Advisory Committee ...