On Dec. 5, a federal vaccine advisory panel voted to change the long-standing recommendation that all newborns receive a dose ...
After the federal advisory committee voted to delay infant vaccination for a disease that causes liver injury, local doctors ...
Hepatitis B is one of the most widespread viral infections in the world, with hundreds of millions of people living with it today. Caused by the hepatitis B virus (HBV), this condition ...
Recent changes to ACIP leadership and vaccine guidance have raised concerns that longstanding immunization protections are ...
Hepatitis doesn’t always announce itself. While hepatitis A often comes on abruptly, as with a bad stomach bug, most cases of ...
Upending decades-old guidance, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s vaccine advisory committee voted to no longer ...
Trinity Health Michigan and MyMichigan Health say their hospitals will join five others in the state to offer the hepatitis B vaccine at birth.
Hepatitis B, once rampant in Indigenous villages, has been brought under control in the state, but a CDC advisory committee ...
People may be at more risk of both AIDS and hepatitis B due to similar risk factors. Having HIV and hepatitis B may lead to serious complications. However, both are treatable and preventable.