Lehigh Valley’s hospitals will not change their guidance on the hepatitis B vaccine for infants, despite new guidance from the federal Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices. Lehigh Valley and ...

Under the direction of Robert F. Kennedy Jr., federal health officials have changed guidance on hepatitis B vaccines, ...

Indiana can choose to protect newborns from hepatitis B even if Washington chooses to adopt RFK Jr.'s vaccine skepticism.

Doctors say the controversial vote to not recommend the vaccine for all newborns is creating chaos and hurdles for parents.

The CDC's vaccine advisory committee voted Dec. 5 to stop recommending all newborns get the hepatitis B vaccine at birth, a ...

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

CBS News chief medical correspondent Dr. Jon LaPook speaks at length with former CDC director Dr. Rochelle Walensky about the ...

A Centers for Disease Control and Prevention committee voted to eliminate a recommendation that all newborn babies receive a vaccine against hepatitis B, ending a policy that has been in place since ...

In a stunning decision that defies all expert advice and scientific evidence, the influential group that shapes U.S. vaccine policy will no longer recommend that all infants receive the hepatitis B ...

How a new recommendation on hepatitis B vaccination could add confusion for families and limit protection against other diseases.

The guidance after 1991 recommended that all newborns receive the hepatitis B vaccine at least 24 hours after birth, leading to a major decline in infections.

John Ellis had barely heard of hepatitis B when he was diagnosed with the potentially fatal disease at age 16.