The decision by the Center for Disease Control and Prevention to stop recommending giving infants a dose of the hepatitis B ...

The revised guidelines also will lead to more than $20 million in extra health care costs, the research shows.

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Researchers found that the decision to delay the once-universal hepatitis B shot for babies will likely cause a surge in ...

The Trump administration’s recommendation against universal hepatitis B vaccination for babies on the day they’re born could ...

Policy that recommends offering hep B vaccine at birth only to babies perceived to be at risk will lead to increased numbers ...

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 ...

HBV infection at birth or during early infancy can lead to lifelong health problems such as chronic liver disease and liver ...

WASHINGTON — The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices voted to approve new recommendations delaying the child hepatitis B vaccine for infants Friday, providing a win for the Make America ...

In 1990 I was a pediatric infectious disease physician at the National Naval Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland. Our oncologist examined a patient who had an abdominal mass which turned out to be a ...

New studies warn delaying the hepatitis B birth dose could leave more babies vulnerable to infection and long-term illness.