The nation's top vaccine advisory panel is expected to debate on Thursday whether to delay the first dose of the hepatitis B shot.

Hepatitis B is a potentially fatal liver disease. It spreads through contact with bodily fluids, and certain groups including health care workers and IV drug users are at higher risk. Anyone can be infected. Babies can be infected during childbirth or ...

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

A key federal vaccine advisory panel whose members were recently replaced by Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is expected to vote to recommend delaying until age 4 the hepatitis B vaccine that’s currently ...

The hepatitis B vaccine protects against liver infection caused by the hepatitis B virus (HBV). This virus is highly contagious and can spread through exposure to blood, semen, and other bodily fluids. While most people will have hepatitis B for a short ...

Do newborns need the hepatitis B vaccine to B healthy? That’s slated to be deliberated Thursday at a meeting of the CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP). The influential vaccine advisory panel is expected to vote to recommend ...

A key federal vaccine advisory panel whose members were recently replaced by Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is expected to vote to recommend delaying, until age 4, the hepatitis B vaccine that's currently given to newborns, according to two former ...