Hepatitis B can either be acute or chronic and is potentially fatal. Symptoms include “fever, feeling tired, not wanting to ...

A meeting of advisers chosen by US Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to guide US Centers for Disease ...

An influential group of advisers for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention during a meeting on Thursday is ...

The CDC currently says a timely administration of a hepatitis B vaccine is essential to help prevent transmission of the ...

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s new vaccine advisory committee meets Thursday to begin a two-day session focused on ...

Current ACIP guidance recommends all infants receive the hepatitis B vaccine in three doses. The first dose is given within 24 hours of birth, the second is given one to two months after and the third ...

A key vaccine advisory panel at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention voted to change its recommendations around ...

Medical experts say vaccination is the best prevention method for hepatitis B, a liver infection that can be acute or chronic. The disease has no cure and can cause a variety of complications.

Experts fear that delaying the newborn hepatitis B shot will lead to more people with chronic liver infections and ...

The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices plans to vote Thursday on whether to recommend delaying the first dose of ...