Fewer Oregon newborns are getting vaccinated against hepatitis B at birth and slightly fewer pregnant people are being screened for the virus, according to new state data released Tuesday. The Oregon ...

New moms and their babies will likely see a change in preventative treatment after they give birth, because of a decision by a federal vaccine panel that weakens longstanding guidance on the hepatitis ...

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 ...

U.S. federal guidelines currently recommend that all newborns get a dose of a hepatitis B vaccine, but a CDC advisory committee has voted to change that approach. Here’s what’s at stake. Today a ...

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 ...

In a historic vote, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's vaccine advisers recommended narrowing the agency's hepatitis B immunization guidance for newborns. The result, if approved by the ...