Unlike many of the state’s other required vaccines, Florida’s Health Department can drop these four required shots without ...

TALLAHASSEE – Florida’s surgeon general wants to do away with all state vaccine mandates. But the first step in his plan ...

Clinicians and epidemiologists warn the decision to no longer recommend the birth dose of the hepatitis B vaccine could ...

Illinois should continue to recommend that nearly all newborns be vaccinated against hepatitis B, a state advisory committee ...

The Illinois Department of Public Health reaffirmed its recommendation that newborn infants receive a hepatitis B vaccine ...

Illinois is recommending all newborns receive a hepatitis B vaccine, splitting with the U.S. Centers for Disease Control & Prevention's new policy of letting parents figure out what's best on their ...

Four of the top medical leaders in Virginia have signed a letter opposing a vote last week by a Centers for Disease Control ...

County health officials are pushing back against moves by the CDC to sow doubt regarding the safety and effectiveness of vaccines.

We are restoring the balance of informed consent to parents whose newborns face little risk of contracting hepatitis B,” acting CDC Director Jim O’Neill said.

The hepatitis B vaccine, which 'virtually eliminated' the disease in children, will no longer be given at birth unless ...

In a break with federal guidance, Illinois will continue to recommend that nearly all newborns receive hepatitis B vaccines, the state health department announced Wednesday. The decision comes one ...

ATLANTA — Parents and doctors will now decide together whether and when infants receive the hepatitis B vaccine under updated ...