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

A vaccine advisory panel, appointed by U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. voted to end the decades-long ...

The American Academy of Pediatrics had called the department’s policies “irresponsible and purposefully misleading” and ...

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 ...

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 ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced Dec. 16 that it adopted individual-based decision-making for parents deciding whether to give the hepatitis B vaccine, including the birth dose ...

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) rescinded its long-standing advice on universal hepatitis B ...

The CDC adopted controversial guidance from its advisory panel, ending recommendations for the Hepatitis B vaccine for all ...