If something as fundamental as newborn vaccination schedule can be revised, it raises an important question: Is the science ...

"If you’ve been hearing renewed debate about the hepatitis B vaccine for newborns, you’re not alone. A mix of policy proposals, selective research ...

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

On Dec. 4, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) vaccine advisors voted 8-3 to change their recommendations on vaccinating infants for hepatitis B. The old guidance, which had ...

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 ...

Hepatitis B (HBV) is a viral infection that affects the liver by causing inflammation. This can lead to permanent scarring, what medical professionals call liver fibrosis or cirrhosis. Most hepatitis ...

For more than three decades, it has been routine to give all newborns in the U.S. the hepatitis B vaccine. That could soon change. An advisory committee to the Centers for Disease Control and ...

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 ...

In 1990 I was a pediatric infectious disease physician at the National Naval Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland. Our oncologist examined a patient who had an abdominal mass which turned out to be a ...