The U.S. government long advised that all babies be immunized against hepatitis B right after birth, but a federal vaccine advisory committee voted Dec. 5 to do away with that recommendation. Health ...

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 ...

NEW YORK(AP) — A federal vaccine advisory committee voted on Friday to end the longstanding recommendation that all U.S. babies get the hepatitis B vaccine on the day they’re born. A loud chorus of ...

Advocates asked a House committee Wednesday to make New Hampshire the third state in the nation to repeal mandatory child vaccines for hepatitis B in the wake of Health and Human Services Secretary ...

Doctors across the nation are alarmed that skepticism fueled by rising anti-science sentiment and medical mistrust is ...