Rates of the disease have fallen since 1991, when all newborns began receiving the shot. An influential panel is scheduled to vote on eligibility for the vaccine. By Dani Blum An influential advisory ...

The hepatitis B vaccine has emerged as the latest flashpoint as Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. continues to cast doubt on the safety of vaccines. The vaccine is routinely given to babies ...

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 ...

Since roughly 1991, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has recommended all babies get a dose of the ...

Children and infants can contract hepatitis B. Some children may recover without treatment and have no long-term effects, but for others it can turn into a lifelong infection. Hepatitis B is a liver ...

In the latest and perhaps most high-profile attack on the practice of vaccinating newborns against hepatitis B, President Donald Trump said Monday that he thought children should not get the shot ...