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

Governor Maura Healey warned of misinformation about the childhood vaccine schedule, especially the infant hepatitis B ...

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 ...

The vaccine advisory committee of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is scheduled to meet Dec. 4 and 5. On the ...

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

Doctors say the vaccine has been key to eliminating infections among children.

By Michael Erman NEW YORK, Dec 2 (Reuters) - Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s vaccine advisers will vote this week on whether to delay ...

A dozen prior leaders of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration — appointed by Republicans and Democrats alike — issued a ...

The three-dose hepatitis B vaccine has a long track record of safety, but rolling back recommendations could leave kids ...

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

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