WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump defended a decision by a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention advisory panel to stop recommending that newborn babies receive a first dose of the hepatitis B ...

Hep B Vaccine: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's vaccine advisory panel voted Friday to change the recommendation for when children should get their first dose of the hepatitis B ...

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 ...

New moms and their babies will likely see a change in preventative treatment after they give birth, because of a decision by a federal vaccine panel that weakens longstanding guidance on the hepatitis ...

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. testifies before the Senate Finance Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., on Sept. 4, 2025. The Trump administration released a ...

Dec. 8, 2025 – Hepatitis B vaccination is drawing renewed attention after a CDC advisory panel on Friday voted to no longer recommend the shot for all newborns. The call has drawn strong reaction from ...