A vaccine trial is called 'unethical' and a 'unique' opportunity. What's its fate?

The U.S. is giving $1.6 million to researchers to study how the hepatitis B vaccine affects newborns in Guinea-Bissau. Local ...

Guinea-Bissau suspends Trump-backed hepatitis B vaccine study for ethical review

Guinea-Bissau is suspending a Trump administration-backed hepatitis B vaccine study on newborns in the West African country, ...

Kennedy Plan to Test a Vaccine in West African Babies Is Blocked

A planned U.S.-funded study of a hepatitis B vaccine drew widespread condemnation from researchers. Now the host country says it cannot proceed.

Pediatrics group releases vaccine recommendations, breaks with CDC

The AAP is recommending immunization against 18 diseases.​ Earlier this month, the CDC reduced its recommendations for ...

Pediatrics group issues its own vaccine schedule after CDC changes recommendations

The American Academy of Pediatrics still recommends protecting kids against 18 different diseases, including those removed ...

Lawmaker wants to end hepatitis B vaccine requirement to align NH with Kennedy’s CDC

A bill filed by Republican state Rep. Kelley Potenza, House Bill 1719, seeks to remove hepatitis B from the list of vaccines ...
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CDC vaccine advisers’ new focus on hepatitis B tests in pregnancy is not enough, some doctors warn

Many medical organizations and frontline health care providers are grappling with a challenge they haven't had to face in many years: how to protect newborns against hepatitis B.Last week, a federal ...