The incubation period in humans after oral exposure ranges from 15 to 50 days with an average of 28 days, [8] but the route and mechanism by which the virus reaches the liver from the intestinal tract ...
The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) continues to recommend routine hepatitis B vaccination for all newborns. Some medical centers, including Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP), ...
Universal dose at birth is safe, effective, and protective for public health, researchers ...
A comprehensive review found no evidence to support the changes made by the CDC to the recommendations for hepatitis B vaccination in children.
Hepatitis B vaccination at birth is safe and effective compared with a delayed first dose, according to new research.
Breaking from a position it held for 34 years, the CDC said Dec. 16 it recommends shared decision-making between parents and clinicians on whether to administer the first hepatitis B vaccine to ...
Person-to-person transmissions of hepatitis A have occurred across the United States and many are affecting gay and bisexual men. Hepatitis A outbreaks among MSM have been reported frequently despite ...