The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) continues to recommend routine hepatitis B vaccination for all newborns. Some ...

Hepatitis B virus (HBV) and hepatitis C virus (HCV) are among the world's leading infectious threats, together responsible for over a million deaths each year, but these infections remain neglected by ...

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 ...

CINCINNATI (WXIX) - The Hamilton County Coroner’s Office now says it “appears” the victim of a 1994 murder investigation did have Hepatitis B. On Monday, Hamilton County Coroner Lakshmi Sammarco said ...

On Dec. 5, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices voted to end the universal U.S. recommendation for the newborn dose of the hepatitis B vaccine, ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is no longer recommending giving all infants a dose of the hepatitis B vaccine within 24 hours after birth, approving a sweeping and highly ...

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 ...

Instead of recommending the hepatitis B vaccine for all newborns, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention now officially advises women who test negative for the virus to consult health care ...

When Dr. Su Wang was in medical school, she donated blood. That's when she learned she was infected with hepatitis B, a virus that attacks the liver and can lead to cancer and death decades later. "I ...

Many medical organizations and frontline health care providers are grappling with a challenge they haven't had to face in many years: how to protect newborns against hepatitis B.Last week, a federal ...