The CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices is expected to vote to recommend delaying the hepatitis B shot typically given at birth to age 4. Do newborns need the hepatitis B vaccine to B ...

Before the United States began vaccinating all infants at birth with the hepatitis B vaccine in 1991, around 18,000 children every year contracted the virus before their 10th birthday – about half of ...

U.S. Senate Finance Committee hearing on President Donald Trump's 2026 health care agenda on Capitol Hill in Washington,D.C. By Michael Erman and Mariam Sunny ATLANTA (Reuters) -A revamped panel of ...

A key federal vaccine advisory panel whose members were recently replaced by Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is expected to vote to recommend delaying until age 4 the ...

A meeting of advisers chosen by US Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to guide US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention vaccine recommendations ended abruptly Thursday with ...

Proposals to remove the CDC's recommendation for the Hepatitis B vaccine at birth are causing concern. The vaccine has reduced newborn infections from as many as 20,000 per year to fewer than 20. An ...

It's unusual for presidents to give out medical advice. But in a White House press briefing earlier this week, President Trump questioned the wisdom of vaccinating all newborns against hepatitis B.

ATLANTA (AP) — U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s hand-picked vaccine advisory committee on Thursday recommended the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention adopt new restrictions on a ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s vaccine panel voted on new guidance for immunizations. Debra Houry, the agency’s former chief medical officer, explains her concerns for public health ...

In an instant, the president inserted himself into doctor-patient relationships all over the country, Dr. Edith Bracho-Sanchez writes. She knew that Trump’s words would have consequences, but she was ...