A group of independent vaccine advisers to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is meeting this week, and a key item on the agenda is the hepatitis B vaccine. After presentations about ...

Hepatitis B testing can show whether you have a current or past HBV infection and whether you have antibodies from a hepatitis B vaccine. Hepatitis B is a viral infection caused by the hepatitis B ...

Since roughly 1991, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has recommended all babies get a dose of the hepatitis B vaccine at birth. The CDC committee that helps set vaccine policy voted ...

Hepatitis A and hepatitis B are viral liver infections. They have similar symptoms but different modes of transmission and potential complications. A person can prevent both viruses through ...

The CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices' move away from recommending routine hepatitis B vaccination at birth is being treated as either a triumph of “medical freedom” or a looming ...

The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention officially abandoned universal hepatitis B vaccination for newborns on Tuesday, signing off on its vaccine advisers’ recommendation for individual ...