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

Relying on testing to guide vaccination recalls an approach the United States tried in the 1980s and early ’90s that still ...

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

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

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

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

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 ...

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

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

The hepatitis A virus (HAV) can survive in water sources, particularly in untreated or unsanitized environments, which poses a significant public health risk. However, contracting HAV through drinking ...

The CDC's vaccine advisory panel meets Thursday and Friday to discuss recommendations for the hepatitis B vaccine and the ...