Hepatitis B is a virus that can damage the liver and lead to lifelong health problems. The hepatitis B vaccine prevents short ...

Since roughly 1991, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has recommended all babies get a dose of the hepatitis B vaccine at birth. The CDC committee that helps set vaccine policy voted ...

The CDC's move follows a vote from Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s vaccine advisory panel that entails a major ...

There has been a lot of public attention surrounding pediatric hepatitis B vaccines recently. Are they safe? Are they ...

Vaccine advisers to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention voted Friday to no longer recommend all newborns receive a hepatitis B vaccine at birth, ending the panel’s decadeslong guidance that ...

Federal health officials upended the immunization schedule for American children this week. These are the diseases affected.

The hepatitis B vaccine has emerged as the latest flashpoint as Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. continues to cast doubt on the safety of vaccines. The vaccine is routinely given to babies ...

We know the virus is most commonly passed from mother to child at birth or through contact with infected blood and bodily fluids, 5 with infants facing the highest risk of lifelong chronic infection ...

Hepatitis B is a viral infection that impacts the liver. To test for hepatitis B, a doctor can perform a blood test that detects hepatitis B surface antigens. A positive result indicates a hepatitis B ...