House Democrats on the Oversight Committee sent a letter to the CDC chief of staff on Thursday, demanding answers over recent ...

HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and the CDC vaccine panel have been casting doubt on the hepatitis B shot and the ...

The chair of Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s newly constituted vaccine advisory committee announced in his first meeting that the ...

At the first meeting of a controversial new group of vaccine advisers to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the committee announced new plans to study established vaccine guidelines.

A new vaccine is available for hepatitis B. The CDC recommends a new group should be vaccinated. Some risk factor screening is removed to increase coverage. At a meeting held on Nov. 2–3, 2021 ...

The CDC recognizes the hepatitis B vaccine as the best way to prevent getting infected and recommends it to essentially any age group that hasn't been vaccinated yet: infants, children and ...

Hepatitis B Perinatal Vaccine Information. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. February 9, 2024. Hepatitis B Vaccine Administration. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. November 27 ...

The panel will also review vaccines that have not been evaluated in over seven years, including the hepatitis B vaccine administered at birth and the timing of the measles vaccine.These moves ...

This article explores hepatitis B vaccine safety, including booster doses, ... (CDC), hepatitis B vaccines can have an effect for 30 years if a person receives them before 6 months of age.

Newborns receive the hepatitis B vaccine to prevent them from contracting the hepatitis B virus during their lifetime. Learn more about the benefits of the hepatitis B vaccine here.