Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Hepatitis B infections plummeted after the CDC began recommending a universal dose of the vaccine at birth in 1991. (gorodenkoff / ...

A vaccine that helps prevent liver disease is back in the spotlight as a federal advisory panel considers delaying the first shot for infants. The hepatitis B vaccine is a multi-dose series typically ...

The acting CDC Director has adopted the recommendation to delay the hepatitis B vaccine for newborns. Here's why experts disagree. The hepatitis B vaccine is safe, highly effective, and best given at ...

Childhood vaccinations are tried and true way to keep America's children healthy. So why are they being rolled back?

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 ...

DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Guinea-Bissau is suspending a Trump administration-backed hepatitis B vaccine study on newborns in the ...

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 ...

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 ...