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

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

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

A CDC panel is reconsidering the birth dose for the hepatitis B vaccine. Renewed doubt could lead to fewer kids getting ...

Comments by President Trump, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and some panelists suggest the committee is likely to ...

December 2, 2025 - By Jackie Fortiér - Working out of a tribal-owned hospital in Anchorage, Alaska, liver specialist Brian ...

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 ...

Proposals to remove the CDC's recommendation for the Hepatitis B vaccine at birth are causing concern. The vaccine has reduced newborn infections from as many as 20,000 per year to fewer than 20. An ...