MINNEAPOLIS — A federal advisory committee recently voted to end the recommendation that newborns receive the Hepatitis B vaccine at birth. So, what are local doctors recommending? Dr. Gigi Chawla ...

CONTINUING OUR COVERAGE ON THE DECISION BY CDC ADVISERS TO STOP RECOMMENDING THE HEPATITIS B VACCINATION TO ALL NEWBORNS. INSTEAD, THEY RECOMMEND PARENTS DECIDE WHEN OR IF THEIR CHILDREN SHOULD ...

ATLANTA — The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Tuesday ended a long-standing recommendation that all newborns receive the hepatitis B vaccine, leaving it instead to parents, in ...

Instead of recommending the hepatitis B vaccine for all newborns, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention now officially advises women who test negative for the virus to consult health care ...

The American Academy of Pediatrics on Monday released its updated recommendations for what vaccines children should get. It’s a routine revision, hardly different from last year’s recommendations, but ...

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A bill filed by Republican state Rep. Kelley Potenza, House Bill 1719, seeks to remove hepatitis B from the list of vaccines ...