For decades, newborns in the U.S. have been given the hepatitis B vaccine. This could change. A CDC vaccine advisory panel ...

Hepatitis B can spread relatively easily through contact with the blood or body fluids of someone who has the virus, especially in certain high risk situations. Hepatitis B is a liver infection caused ...

Hepatitis B is most often acquired through contact with body fluids from an infected person. It can also be transmitted via ...

For decades, it’s been standard practice in the U.S. to administer a hepatitis B vaccine to newborns. The dose is typically ...

Hepatitis is an inflammation of your liver in reaction to certain substances and can affect how well your liver functions.

For decades, the hepatitis B vaccine has been recommended for babies. That's because the risks of hepatitis B infection for ...

In an 8 to 3 decision on Friday, Dec. 5, the CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) recommended that, for ...

Many medical organizations and frontline health care providers are grappling with a challenge they haven't had to face in ...

Commissioner Scott Gottlieb said Sunday that President Trump’s assertions about hepatitis B transmission are “simply not true ...

A physician fact checks President Trump's recent remarks on social media lauding the CDC Vaccine Advisory committee's ...

Hepatitis A is an extremely contagious viral infection that mostly spreads via contaminated food, water, or intimate contact. Though hepatitis A typically resolves on its own without any long-term ...

Hepatitis B, once rampant in Indigenous villages, has been brought under control in the state, but a CDC advisory committee ...