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Hepatitis B is a virus that can damage the liver and lead to lifelong health problems. The hepatitis B vaccine prevents short-term illness (acute hepatitis) and a life-threatening infection called ...

Dec 4 (Reuters) - Vaccine advisers to U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. were expected to vote on Thursday on whether to scrap a broad recommendation for the hepatitis B vaccine for children, ...

In a stunning decision that defies all expert advice and scientific evidence, the influential group that shapes U.S. vaccine policy will no longer recommend that all infants receive the hepatitis B ...

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 medical community is still reeling after a federal advisory panel voted to end the automatic hepatitis B vaccine at birth, a recommendation that has been in place for more than 30 years. Most of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The US is planning to fund a controversial study in Guinea-Bissau into the effects of the hepatitis B vaccination on newborns.

Guinea-Bissau has put a halt to a U.S.-backed hepatitis B vaccine study involving newborns, pending a formal ethical ...

When René Najera emigrated to the United States from Mexico at age 10, he had to prove he was fully up to date on all of his vaccines. He got every single childhood vaccine again, since his original ...